Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 4

READING HOSPITAL BROADCASTING SERVICE

A hospital broadcasting service ("Hospital Radio Reading") for the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Patients are visited in their wards and can phone in free from the bedside to take part in programmes. A live and interactive service of record requests, football commentaries & other entertainment (45 hours per week) is augmented by a non-stop automated service of music, news & information at other times.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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?		£4	£4	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/12/18		£8	£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17		£13	£16	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	43
31/12/16		£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£3	£3	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£2	£3	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£3	£2	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£1	£4	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£3	£3	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£3	£4	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£10	£6	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£6	£10	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	*	£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£4	£3	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.hrreading.org.uk

info@hrreading.org.uk

0118 322 8508

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for the elderly

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Reading,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
45 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

PHILIP MICHAEL WILSON Appointed: 2023

ANN BEASLEY Appointed: 2022

CHLOE MONAHAN Appointed: 2022

FIONA MARGARET MCKECHNIE Appointed: 2022

GERARD BERNARD KEVIN ROCKS MA OXON (Chair) Appointed: 2022

JAMES MARSHALL BURTON STEWART Appointed: 2022

JAMES PATEY Appointed: 2022

JOHN RICHARD PRECIOUS Appointed: 2024

MARTIN EDWARD O'CZAJA Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/11/2021, number: 1196377

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR05: 41 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from READING HOSPITAL BROADCASTING SERVICE on 29/04/2022

Main office

East Drive
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Craven Road
Reading
RG1 5AN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, POOR HEALTH AND OLD AGE AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING A LOCAL BROADCASTING SERVICE FOR HOSPITALS, RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS, AND FOR PATIENTS RECEIVING COMMUNITY CARE, (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SICKNESS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE BENEFITS OF LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING GOOD PERSONAL MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH BY (MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE MEANS OF BROADCASTING HEALTH EDUCATION MESSAGES TO PEOPLE LIVING IN READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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