Connect Reading

Analysis

Connect Reading is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04956922). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Connect Reading reported income of £109k and spending of £83k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £47k to £109k (+131%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Connect Reading sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Wealden Community Transport Partnership Limited (£109k), Samaritans of Portsmouth and East Hampshire (£109k) and St Thomas Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church (£109k).