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Reading Family Church

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Reading Family Church is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities.

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What are the key facts about Reading Family Church?

Reported income · year ending 2025-12-31
£1,510,290
Reported spending · year ending 2025-12-31
£1,086,454
Registered charity number
1147465
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
448a Basingstoke Road
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Reading Family Church (number 1147465) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Reading Family Church do?

The primary objective of the Charity is to advance the Christian religion. A secondary objective is to provide relief for ages persons and those in conditions of need and hardship.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Reading Family Church

Answers Reading Family Church gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 December 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Reading Family Church's highest-paid staff paid?

Reading Family Church's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£70,001–£80,0001
£60,001–£70,0001

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Reading Family Church's money come from?

Reading Family Church reported £1.5m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.4m (95%), charitable activities £42k (3%), investments £32k (2%).

  • Donations and legacies£1.4m · 95%
  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£42k · 3%
  • Investments£32k · 2%

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Reading Family Church as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Reading Family Church's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits. Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
08039827 (Companies House)
Where it says it operates
Reading · Hampshire · Oxfordshire

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals; Makes Grants To Organisations.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Reading Family Church registered for?

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Why is there no Clarity Score for Reading Family Church yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Reading Family Church. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Reading Family Church a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Reading Family Church as a registered charity (number 1147465) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Reading Family Church's charity number?
Reading Family Church's charity number is 1147465. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1147465?
Search 1147465 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Reading Family Church do?
The primary objective of the Charity is to advance the Christian religion. A secondary objective is to provide relief for ages persons and those in conditions of need and hardship.
Does Reading Family Church have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Reading Family Church. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Reading Family Church?
Reading Family Church's website listed in our register data is http://www.readingfamilychurch.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Reading Family Church's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Reading Family Church's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Reading Family Church's money come from?
Reading Family Church reported £1.5m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.4m (95%), charitable activities £42k (3%), investments £32k (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Reading Family Church?
The register records Reading Family Church as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Reading Family Church's trustees paid?
Reading Family Church's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits. Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was Reading Family Church registered as a charity?
Reading Family Church was entered on the register on 25 May 2012. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 08039827).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.