Argyle Community Church, Reading

Analysis

Argyle Community Church, Reading is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07714084). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Argyle Community Church, Reading reported income of £184k and spending of £193k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £103k to £184k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Argyle Community Church, Reading sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yatziv Trust (£184k), Townsend Youth Partnership (£184k) and Lands End Peninsula CLT Limited (£184k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.