Reading Dispensary Trust

Registered charity 203943 Registered since 1983

Operates: West Berkshire, Reading, Wokingham

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

4.8y median 4.5y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10y

average years in governance

9 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Commercial experience

Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1Education 1

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Contact

Website	www.readingdispensarytrust.org.uk
Email	theclerk@readingdispensarytrust.org.uk
Phone	01189265698
Address	Reading Dispensary Trust, 16 Wokingham Road, Reading, RG6 1JQ

Finances

£54,351 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£50,479	£51,360
2022	£50,652	£49,937
2023	£50,652	£49,937
2024	£58,406	£58,633
2025	£54,351	£50,356

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF READING AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH CASES BUT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM FROM OTHER SOURCES.

Governing document: SCHEME OF 31ST DECEMBER 1975

Trustees (9)

9trustees

80median age

2aged 70+

Succession outlook: 2 of 9 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Jeremy Moreton Chair since 2023
Anne Ballardage 91 since 2016
Dr David Horne since 2020
Jean Marion Turtonage 80
Mark Hallett since 2021
Michele Vale since 2019
Ruth Helen Hamptonage 67 since 2025
Sally Utting since 2024
Steve Pollard since 2022

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