Reading Community Welfare Rights Unit

Registered charity 1074557 Registered since 1999

Operates: Reading, West Berkshire, Wokingham

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

10y median 12y

average tenure

20y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.8y

average years in governance

6 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Commercial experience

Other services 9Arts and leisure 1Finance 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Reading Advice Network 1 shared trustee
ST Laurence Relief in Need Trust 1 shared trustee
Church Lands and John Johnson's Estate Charities 1 shared trustee
Readibus 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Readibus 1 shared trustee
Church Lands and John Johnson's Estate Charities 1 shared trustee
ST Laurence Relief in Need Trust 1 shared trustee
Reading Advice Network 1 shared trustee
The Move Partnership Similar size; both Disability
Windmills Opportunity Playgroup Similar size; both Disability

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Contact

Website	http://readingspecialist.co.uk/
Email	advisor@readingspecialist.co.uk
Phone	01189551070
Address	135 Cardiff Road, Reading, RG1 8JF

Finances

£171,582 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£130,044	£119,855
2022	£135,748	£139,301
2023	£139,827	£132,039
2024	£177,842	£177,758
2025	£171,582	£181,747

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS2) THE PROMOTION OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POPULATION OF GREATER READING

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 SEPTEMBER 1998 as amended on 11 Feb 2022 as amended on 20 Oct 2023

Trustees (9)

9trustees

68median age

3aged 70+

Succession outlook: 3 of 9 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Peter Graham Kayesage 80 Chair since 2006
Brendan Mcleanage 34 since 2024
Jackalyn Lesley Hughesage 70 since 2014
Lesley Kim Owenage 79 since 2014
Mohammed Ayubage 66 since 2012
Meri O'Connellage 56 since 2021
Patricia Thomasage 68 since 2012
Ruth Margaret Suen Mcewanage 56 since 2018
Shirley Ann Boytage 69 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Reading Community Welfare Rights Unit · 03626105 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/09/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

ST Laurence Relief in Need Trust 1 shared trustee
Church Lands and John Johnson's Estate Charities 1 shared trustee
Readibus 1 shared trustee
Reading Advice Network 1 shared trustee

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