The University of Reading Chaplaincy Centre Trust

Analysis

The University of Reading Chaplaincy Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The University of Reading Chaplaincy Centre Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £27k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £18k to £36k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The University of Reading Chaplaincy Centre Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham (£36k), Day House Trust (£36k) and Light on the Mount (£36k).