Sonning Volunteer Fire Brigade Trust

Analysis

Sonning Volunteer Fire Brigade Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in March 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sonning Volunteer Fire Brigade Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £31k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £22k to £23k (+6.0%), an average of +1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Sonning Volunteer Fire Brigade Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornerstone Church Bridlington (£23k), The Mothers' Union (Diocese of St Asaph Branch) (£23k) and Newcastle Christian Fellowship International (£23k).

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.