Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

ROTARY CLUB OF READING BENEVOLENT FUND 

TO HOLD ALL MONIES WHICH MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECEIVED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF READING AND TO APPLY THESE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY LIVING IN THE TERRITORIAL AREA OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF READING OR TO SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male
  • 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 recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
30/06/23£26£48£-22n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/22£91£89£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/21£76£42£34n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/20£43£45£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/19£41£40£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/18£19£21£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£44£49£-6£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£34£25£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£38£38£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£23£26£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£14£26£-12£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£29£22£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£26£28£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£24£16£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£14£17£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£31£21£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07*£41£38£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£18£40£-22£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£34£18£16£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£31£27£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Reading,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/01/1994, number: 1031813
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 49 days late,
Main office

c/o Pepe Sale
3 Queens Walk
READING
RG1 7QF

Objectives

RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY LIVING IN THE TERRITORIAL AREA OF THE CLUB OR TO OR FOR THE RELIEF OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETIES OR OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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