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Registered charity · Reading

The Reading Foundation

To advance the education of the public;To advance the education of the pupils of Reading School by providing or assisting in the provision of education, recreation or other charitable facilities for their use; andTo relieve poverty among members of...

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £517k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Reading
Website
www.readingfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Reading Foundation
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£517k£572k
  • 2024£171k£400k
  • 2023£220k£320k
Earlier years
  • 2022£212k£245k
  • 2021£212k£214k
Charitable objects

To advance the education of the public;To advance the education of the pupils of Reading School by providing or assisting in the provision of education, recreation or other charitable facilities for their use; andTo relieve poverty among members of the Company or other former pupils of Reading School, among present pupils and among those who are likely to become pupils of the school.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

13 trustees on the board

9.2y median 9y
average tenure
26y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

13
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 13Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 25Tech and media 3Property 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£517k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

76.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

0
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
294640
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4TH JUNE 1986 ORDER TO CEASE REPLACEMENT ORDERS DATED 23 APRIL 2007 AS AMENDED ON 12 JUL 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 NOV 2019 as amended on 13 Aug 2026
Companies House
Company number 02025362 · Active
Contact on the register
01189015600 · cmole@reading-school.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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