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Reading Blue Coat School

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1087839
Status
Registered
Registered
Aug. 2, 2001
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Reading Blue Coat School

Address

Address
MRS A WEST
HOLME PARK
SONNING LANE
SONNING
READING
RG4 6SU

Contact

Activities

The carrying on or managing of schools for boys and girls under the age of 19, in which religious instruction, in accordance with the doctrines of the Church of England, shall be given.

Objects: 2.1 The Charity's objects are:2.1.1 the advancement of education by carrying on or managing schools for boys, girls and young people under the age of 25 years in which religious instruction in accordance with the teachings of the Church of England shall be given;2.1.2 to apply income not required for the maintenance of the schools carried or managed by the Charity in any one or more of the following ways for the benefit of persons who have not yet attained the age of 25 years who are about to attend or are attending, or have for not less than three years at any time attended Reading Blue Coat School at Holme Park, Sonning on Thames, Berkshire RG4 6SU, referred to in these articles as ‘the School’ and who, in the opinion of the Governors are in need of financial assistance:2.1.2.1 the award of scholarships, bursaries or maintenance allowances tenable at the School, or any university, or other place of learning approved by the Governors;2.1.2.2 the provision of financial assistance, outfits, clothing, tools, instruments or books to help beneficiaries on leaving the School, a university or any other educational establishment to prepare for, or to enter, a profession, trade or calling;2.1.2.3 the award of scholarships or maintenance allowances to enable beneficiaries to travel abroad to pursue their education;2.1.2.4 the provision, or assistance towards the provision, of facilities for recreation and social and physical training, including the provision of coaching in athletics, sport and games, for beneficiaries; and2.1.2.5 the provision of financial assistance to enable beneficiaries to study music or other artsprovided that there shall be maintained in the School six scholarships, comprising total or partial remission of tuition, to persons found fit for admission to the School, all of whom shall be resident within 40 miles (in a straight line) of the School.2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training
Who
Children/young People, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Reading

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Aug. 31, 2024 £17,697,933 £17,740,081 £19,733,128 216
Aug. 31, 2023 £16,536,863 £16,197,294 £19,723,039 208
Aug. 31, 2022 £15,689,345 £14,062,138 £19,368,457 201
Aug. 31, 2021 £13,826,236 £13,009,081 £17,879,741 191
Aug. 31, 2020 £12,654,196 £12,094,703 £17,062,586 180

Trustees

Name Appointed
Andrew Colpus Dec. 6, 2021
Anjali Chandar March 20, 2023
Clare Freeman Jan. 11, 2023
Dr Jo Anna Reed Johnson May 8, 2025
Helen Roberts Oct. 9, 2023
Howard Williams June 25, 2018
Karen Hartshorn Dec. 1, 2024
Kevin Hallowell March 17, 2025
Matthew Smith Sept. 1, 2021
Michael Rumbelow March 21, 2022
Paul Michael David Etherington June 21, 2021
Sheena Taylor Oct. 9, 2023