The Communicare Trust (Reading)

Analysis

The Communicare Trust (Reading) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03843997). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Communicare Trust (Reading) reported income of £138k and spending of £158k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £158k to £138k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Communicare Trust (Reading) sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Outhwaite Charitable Trust (£138k), Regent's Park Music Festival Charitable Fund (£138k) and The Michael and Ilse Katz Foundation (£137k).