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Registered charity (CIO) · Reading

The Friends of the University of Reading

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £10k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.reading.ac.uk/thefriends (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£10k£8k
  • 2024£6k£8k
  • 2023£7k£9k
Earlier years
  • 2022£8k£15k
  • 2021£12k£5k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE UNIVERSITY OF READING BY ASSISTING IT WITH ITS AIMS OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND RESEARCH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF:-?HUMAN RESOURCES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING VOLUNTEERS;- FINANCE, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO THE UNIVERSITY AND ORGANISATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT SHARE THESE AIMS;- OUTREACH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ARRANGING OR PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS WORK.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Board analysis

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.

6.9y median 8y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
9.8y
average years in governance
2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 14General Charitable Purposes 13Environment/conservation/heritage 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

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 5Business services 2Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£10k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1173347
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 09 Jun 2017
Contact on the register
0118 9781671 · thefriends@reading.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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