Citizens Advice Reading

Analysis

Citizens Advice Reading is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in December 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02967121). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Reading reported income of £957k and spending of £919k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £668k to £957k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Citizens Advice Reading sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service Limited (£957k), Roehampton Students' Union (£960k) and Coach Core Foundation (£956k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, donations and legacies 6.8% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Reserves of £239k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.