Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

READING NATIONAL SPIRITUALIST CENTRE 

To keep the church open to provide church services. Development within spiritualism for each person. Provide spiritual healing by trained Healers and training to the trainee healers. Training courses for personal development within the religious. Fund Raising is very necessary to keep the church going heating and maintenance allowing the church to open for the general public
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 9 years

www.readingsc.org.uk

church@reading.org

0118 950 7281

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22*£22£32£-10n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/12/21£20£24£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20*£21£28£-7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£41£38£3n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/18£40£33£7£0£0£0n/a03
31/12/17£45£43£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£42£40£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£33£31£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 9 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/01/2015, number: 1159970
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR22: 1 days late, AR20: 10 days late,
Main office

YORK LODGE
81 Baker Street
READING
RG1 7XY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION AND THE RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY OF SPIRITUALISM ON THE BASIS OF THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF SPIRITUALISM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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