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Registered charity (CIO) · Reading

Assisting Berkshire Children to Read

To advance the education of the public in Berkshire and the surrounding areas by:a) Providing tuition and support to help children in schools across Berkshire and surrounding areas to overcome reading difficulties, thereby promoting self-confidence...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £179k (2026)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire and more
Website
www.abctoread.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£179k£147k
  • 2025£193k£140k
  • 2024£116k£139k
Earlier years
  • 2023£131k£118k
  • 2022£109k£98k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To advance the education of the public in Berkshire and the surrounding areas by:a) Providing tuition and support to help children in schools across Berkshire and surrounding areas to overcome reading difficulties, thereby promoting self-confidence and emotional well-being.b) Providing workshops, training, and support to parents and guardians of such children, enabling them to gain greater confidence in assisting their children to read.c) Delivering workshops, training and support to help older students become reading buddies, fostering leadership skills while helping younger children improve their reading.

Grants received

9 grants · £48,618 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

8 trustees on the board

5.4y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

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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 8Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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£193k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1184968
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Aug 2019 as amended on 03 Jul 2025
Contact on the register
01189511336 · info@abctoread.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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