Reading Dispensary Trust

Analysis

Reading Dispensary Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Reading Dispensary Trust reported income of £54k and spending of £50k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £50k to £54k (+7.7%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Dispensary Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grifaid (£54k), Norfolk Lowland Search and Rescue CIO (£54k) and Worcestershire Parent and Carers' Community (£54k).