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CCEW Charity Commission profile

READING DISPENSARY TRUST

Registered charity 203943 · organisation 203943

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
26 September 1983
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£54,351
Latest expenditure
£50,356
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
Yes
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: Reading Dispensary Trust, 16 Wokingham Road, Reading, RG6 1JQ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.readingdispensarytrust.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Grants for the benefit of individuals generally on application by Doctors, Nurses, Social Workers and Voluntary Organisations when statutory provision cannot be used.Activity is restricted to helping people who live within a 7 mile radius from the centre of Reading who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped or infirm.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received
7 July 2026
Date Accounts Received
7 July 2026
Total Gross Income
£54,351
Total Gross Expenditure
£50,356
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received
24 April 2025
Date Accounts Received
24 April 2025
Total Gross Income
£58,406
Total Gross Expenditure
£58,633
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received
2 July 2024
Date Accounts Received
2 July 2024
Total Gross Income
£50,652
Total Gross Expenditure
£49,937
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received
6 June 2023
Date Accounts Received
6 June 2023
Total Gross Income
£50,652
Total Gross Expenditure
£49,937
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received
28 June 2022
Date Accounts Received
28 June 2022
Total Gross Income
£50,479
Total Gross Expenditure
£51,360

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Due Date
31 October 2026
Ar Received Date
7 July 2026
Total Gross Income
£54,351
Total Gross Expenditure
£50,356
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Due Date
31 October 2025
Ar Received Date
24 April 2025
Total Gross Income
£58,406
Total Gross Expenditure
£58,633
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Due Date
31 October 2024
Ar Received Date
2 July 2024
Total Gross Income
£50,652
Total Gross Expenditure
£49,937
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Due Date
31 October 2023
Ar Received Date
6 June 2023
Total Gross Income
£50,652
Total Gross Expenditure
£49,937
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
8
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Due Date
31 October 2022
Ar Received Date
28 June 2022
Total Gross Income
£50,479
Total Gross Expenditure
£51,360
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
West Berkshire
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Reading
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Wokingham
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
203
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
People With Disabilities
Classification Code
202
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Elderly/old People
Classification Code
205
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Classification Code
301
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Makes Grants To Individuals
Classification Code
107
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Accommodation/housing
Classification Code
105
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Classification Code
103
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Classification Code
104
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Disability
Classification Code
201
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Children/young People
Classification Code
302
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Makes Grants To Organisations

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
READING DISPENSARY TRUST
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1983-09-26T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
SCHEME OF 31ST DECEMBER 1975
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.
Area Of Benefit
READING AND DSITRICT

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
220031
Charity Name Type
Working name
Charity Name
TRUSTEES OF THE READING DISPENSARY TRUST

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Investment
Policy Name
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Policy Name
Paying staff
Policy Name
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Policy Name
Financial reserves policy and procedures