# EAST READING HORTICULTURAL THERAPY AND COMMUNITY BASED TRAINING LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1099441
- **Other names:** RIDGELINE TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 15, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1099441


## Contact

- **Address:** Ridgeline Trust Therapeutic Garden, 25 Whiteknights Road, READING
- **Postcode:** RG6 7BY
- **Phone:** 07535 636018
- **Email:** admin@ridgelinetrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.ridgelinetrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO ARE PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY ILL DISABLED OR HANDICAPPED (WHETHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY), OR WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE USE OF LAND THROUGH HORTICULTURE, AGRICULTURE, AND GARDENING IN ALL THEIR FORMS.

**Activities:** Commonly known as the Ridgeline Trust, we have developed a Therapeutic Garden with meeting and teaching facilities in a pavilion at 25 Whiteknights Road, in East Reading. Supervised gardening helps people with experience of mental and or physical difficulties and other problems to regain lost skills, to learn new skills, to improve social skills and to help build confidence and self-esteem.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Reading
- West Berkshire
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £64383 | £53801 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £54774 | £46897 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £43882 | £41152 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £39602 | £45338 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £29211 | £29042 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Dr Stuart James Donald — appointed Feb. 16, 2022
- Jane Ruse — appointed Feb. 16, 2022
- Karine Ferreira — appointed May 21, 2024
- Margaret Mary Osborne — appointed Oct. 15, 2018
- Matthew James — appointed May 21, 2024