READING COMMUNITY WELFARE RIGHTS UNIT

Charity Number: 1074557
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Specialist Advice on Welfare Benefits.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £177,842
Total expenditure: £177,758

Total income includes £84,000 from 2 government contract(s) and £86,379 from 2 government grant(s)

People

9 Trustee(s)

4 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Reading
  • West Berkshire
  • Wokingham

Governance

Registration history:
  • 08 March 1999: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • Reading Welfare Rights (Working name)
Company number:
03626105 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
PETER GRAHAM KAYES Chair 07 December 2006
READING ADVICE NETWORK
Received: On time
Brendan McLean Trustee 18 July 2024
None on record
Shirley Ann Boyt Trustee 21 July 2023
WOKINGHAM WATERSIDE CENTRE LIMITED
Received: On time
Meri O'Connell Trustee 12 April 2021
None on record
Ruth Margaret Suen McEwan Trustee 29 June 2018
None on record
Jackalyn Lesley Hughes Trustee 01 December 2014
None on record
Lesley Kim Owen Trustee 01 December 2014
None on record
PATRICIA THOMAS Trustee 28 September 2012
ST LAURENCE RELIEF IN NEED TRUST
Received: On time
CHURCH LANDS AND JOHN JOHNSON'S ESTATE CHARITIES
Received: On time
MOHAMMED AYUB Trustee 28 September 2012
READIBUS
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £117.26k £130.04k £135.75k £139.83k £177.84k
Total expenditure £94.99k £119.86k £139.30k £132.04k £177.76k
Income from government contracts £79.00k £79.00k £79.00k £79.44k £84.00k
Income from government grants N/A £2.16k N/A £500 £86.38k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 18 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 18 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 12 February 2024 12 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 12 February 2024 12 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 24 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 24 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 08 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 08 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 01 November 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 01 November 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 SEPTEMBER 1998 as amended on 11 Feb 2022 as amended on 20 Oct 2023

Charitable objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS 2) THE PROMOTION OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POPULATION OF GREATER READING

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

GREATER READING

Contact information

Address:
135 Cardiff Road
Reading
RG1 8JF
Phone:
01189551070
Email:
advisor@readingspecialist.co.uk
Website:

http://readingspecialist.co.uk/ Open in new window