The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Greyfriars Reading

Registered charity 1129381 Registered since 2009

Operates: West Berkshire, Reading, Wokingham

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (19)

Portfolio (5)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 24Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 2Tech and media 2Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

40.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 21.4 in 2020

62 from 54 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.greyfriars.org.uk
Emailoffice@greyfriars.org.uk
Phone01189516700
AddressGreyfriars Church, Friar Street, READING, Berkshire, RG1 1EH

Finances

£2,886,873 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,675,379£1,617,072
2021£2,482,996£1,627,498
2022£3,010,453£1,999,428
2023£2,908,919£2,258,225
2024£2,886,873£2,557,090

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Governing document: PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL POWERS MEASURE (1956) AS AMENDED AND CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES

Trustees (24)

24trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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