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Registered charity · Reading

Reading Civic Society

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £15k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Reading
Website
www.readingcivicsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£15k£18k
  • 2024£23k£13k
  • 2023£5k£10k
Earlier years
  • 2022£11k£8k
  • 2021£6k£3k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (B) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (C) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC AND PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Grants received

2 grants · £12,840 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £12,840 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £3,6002024-01-17
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,2402003-04-02
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 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£15k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
263959
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11TH APRIL 1972
Contact on the register
01189598350 · bennettbaker@msn.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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