Hope Into Action: Reading

Registered charity 1175092 Registered since 2017

Operates: Bracknell Forest, 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.

trustees on the board

6.2y median 7.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

6.4y

average years in governance

3 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. John the Evangelist, Reading 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	reading.hopeintoaction.org.uk
Email	mary.lewis@hopeintoaction.org.uk
Phone	07967681020
Address	Argyle Community Church, Argyle Road, READING, RG1 7YL

Finances

£115,514 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£104,896	£96,273
2022	£72,188	£81,633
2023	£104,301	£91,729
2024	£101,882	£104,849
2025	£115,514	£121,552

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 DEC 2014

Trustees (4)

4trustees

67median age

1aged 70+

Succession outlook: 1 of 4 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Dr Richard Paul Croftage 70 Chair since 2017
Dr Joubert Gratia Gamaage 67 since 2025
Mary Langshaw since 2019
Susan Rosalind Ralphage 62 since 2018

Linked company (Companies House)

Hope Into Action Reading · 09358716 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/12/2014

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. John the Evangelist, Reading 1 shared trustee

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