Reading Families' Forum CIO

Analysis

Reading Families' Forum CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Reading Families' Forum CIO reported income of £59k and spending of £39k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £59k (+338%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Reading Families' Forum CIO sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include UK Friends of the Schneider Children's Hospital (£59k), British Scoliosis Society (£59k) and JMRD Trust (£59k).