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Reading Community Learning Centre Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1123017ReadingPoverty relief
Income£244k2025-03-31
Spending£237ksame year
Spent / received105%5-year average
Size in its cause79th pctPoverty relief
Registered2008Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Reading Community Learning Centre Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06442616). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Reading Community Learning Centre Ltd reported income of £244k and spending of £237k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £200k to £244k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Reading Community Learning Centre Ltd sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kings Church Uckfield (£244k), An-Nasihah Educational Trust (£244k) and The Scarborough Municipal Charity (£244k).

Income and spending

£0£61k£122k£183k£244k2021 Income: £199,8772021 Spending: £143,09620212022 Income: £152,5192022 Spending: £175,14220222023 Income: £150,9492023 Spending: £208,08120232024 Income: £197,6092024 Spending: £225,10720242025 Income: £244,1752025 Spending: £236,9992025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Reading Community Learning Centre offers classes, support and other opportunities for educationally disadvantaged and socially isolated women from Reading's diverse minority ethnic communities. Our emphasis is on finding ways into learning for even the most tentative and least confident of learners. RCLC also provides development opportunities for under-5s through an onsite creche.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Kings Church UckfieldEast Sussex£244k
An-Nasihah Educational TrustLeicester£244k
The Scarborough Municipal CharityScarborough£244k
Bolton Community Educational TrustBolton£245k