Charity number 1165798
READING ADVICE NETWORK
(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Report and Accounts
31 March 2025

READING ADVICE NETWORK
IA Charitable Incorporated Or8ani5ation)
Report and Accounts
Contents
Page
Charity informaton
Trustees annual report
Independent examiner's report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance sheet
Notes to the accounts

Reading Advice Network
IA Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Report of the Trustees for the period ended 31 March 2025
Members of the Trustee Board at 31 March 2025
Chair
VI￿-Chair
Treasurer
Individual member
Individual member
Individual member
Richard Harrison
Hazel Wright
Peter Kayes
Andrea Ekpenyong
Francesca Yates
Rachel Eden
Independent Examiner
Julian Ansell FCCA
19 Brooklyn Drive
Emmer Green
Reading
RG4 8SR
Bankers
CAF Bank Ltd
25 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4JQ
Registered Office
13 Albert Road
Caversham
Reading
Berkshire
RG4 7AN
Registered Charity Number
1165798

Report of the Trustees
The Trustee Board presents its report for the period ended 31 March 2025
Structure, Governance and Management
The Reading Advice Network (RAN) is a Charitable Incorporated Ofganisation, and was
registered by the Charity Commission on 29 February 2016. It has a Trustee Board which
was elected at its first Annual General Meeting on 11 October 2016 and is ultimately
accountable for the conduct of the organisation.
Member organisations must give information or advice to people in Reading. They pay an
annual membership fee of £30, and make two commitments - to achieve the RAN Quality
Standard, and the 'Safe and Sound, Governance Mark prodU￿d by Reading Voluntary
Action. At 31 March 2025 RAN had twenty-￿0 member organisations - ABC to read, Acre,
Age UK Reading, Age UK Berkshire, Autism Berkshire, Berkshire Vision, BWA, Citizens
Advice Reading, Communicare, Dingley's Promise, Graft, Launchpad, No5, PACT,
Parenting Special Children, Reading Welfare Rights, Reading Mencap, Reading Students
Union Advi￿ Servi￿, Reading Voluntary Action, Refugee Support Group {Reading), The
Mustard Tree and YMCA Reading.
Aims and Objectives
The Network has bNo aims, with supporting objectives:
Aim 1:
To improve the quality of information and advice that is available to people in
Reading by..
setting, maintaining and publicising a quality standard for RAN members
supporting members to achieve this standard
1.3 helping members to share knowledge and expertise to make each other
more effective
Aim 2:
To be a focal point for information and advice services in Reading by..
providing services which enable RAN members to discuss key issues and
support each other
sharing useful information with RAN members
2.3 publicising RAN to non-members
acting as the collective Vol￿ of RAN members to shape Se￿iCe provision
Our Business Plan for the three years 2024-2027 has four strategic priorities..
remaining financially secure
continuing to build our membership
developing and delivering appropriate services for our members
further strengthening our reputation

Activities and achievements
During the year RAN..
Held two Advice Forums on:
Managing aggression by Servi￿ users at the end of their tether
The new Labour Government and the Voluntary Sector
Held three meetings for member CEOS to discuss current challenges
Held three meetings for staff with lead responsibility for HR in member
organisations to discuss current HR issues
Updated its 'Booklet for Councillors,, detailing the services offered by RAN member
organisations, to help them refer constituents with particular problems to the
organisation most able to help them
Also updated its b¢Joklet for GPS and Social Prescribers, to help them appropriately
refer patients with non-medical problems
Continued our programme of Quality Standard assessments, with one member
achieving the award and three other members having their awards confirmed for a
further four years. Fifteen member organisations, 68 % of the membership, now
hold the award.
Saved its member CEOS a significant amount of time which, when costed, offset
many times over their £30 annual membership fee by, on their behalf, attending
and reporting on a number of meetings with staff at Reading Borough Council and
other VCS Leaders meetings.
Held its ninth Annual General Meeting.
Public benefit
RAN trustees have regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on reporting how RAN
provides 'public benefit,, and in particular to the requirements of the Charities Act & Charty
Reporting Regulations.
This report from ￿N'S trustees is a summary of the main activities undertaken by the
charity in carrying out its charitable purposes for the benefit of the public in and around
Reading. These activities are principally providing advice-giving charities and similar public
bodies with the support and infomation needed for those organisations to help people
disadvantaged by povety, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, and similar issues.
Financial Review
The financial accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025 are set out on pages 6-10. The
Statement of Financial Activities shows a surplus for the year of £232.42. The total reserve
at the year end stands at £8,504.77.
The Charity employs no staff, being operated by volunteers, holds no significant fixed
assets, propety or leases, so has no ongoing financial liabilities. The Board therefore
considers that there is no requirement for a reserve fund.
Projected income is £660 a year based on the present membership. The budget for the
coming year envisages expenditure of around £525, which will enable the present cash
balan￿ to sustain the charity for the foreseeable future.

Statement of Trustees, responsibiliti83
The Trustees are required by law to prepare financial statements for each financial year
which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity as at the end of the
financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the Charity- In preparing those financial
statements the Trustees are required to
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently-,
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP.,
- state whether the applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to
any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements-
make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent., and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is
inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue tts work.
The trustees are also responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which
disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and
which are sufficient to show and explain the Charity's transactions and enable them to
ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 1 Charities Act
2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the
charity's constitution They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity
and hen￿ for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other
irregularities.
This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on September 22, 2025
4T•
Richard Harrison
Chair

READING ADVICE NETWORK
(A Charitable Incorporated Organisationl
Independent Examiner's Report
I report on the account$ of the Reading Advice Ne￿ork for the 12 months ended 31 March 2025, which are set
out on pages 6 to 10.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity Iruslees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
requirements of the Charilies Act 2011 ('Ihe Act'i.
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act
and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chanty
Commission under sethion 145{5llb} of the Act.
Independent examinerfs statement
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no malenal matters have come to my attention in connection
with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any maleiial respect..
accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act., or
the accounts do not accord with those records., or
the accounts do not ￿mplY with the applicable requirements concerning the form and conlenl of
accounts sel out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any
requirement that the accounts give a 'lrue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of
an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which
attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
J M Ansell FCCA
Chartered Certified Accountant
19 Brooklyn Drive
Emmer Green
READING
RG4 85R
7 Ortober 2025

READING ADVICE NEfwoRK
IA Charitable Incorporated Organisatiot))
Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended 31st March 2025
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
2025
Total
2024
Note
Income and endowments from:
Donations- Members, Contribution5
Interest incorne
Reading Voluntary Action for assessments
660
16
2,873
660
16
2,873
630
16
4.825
Total
3,549
3,549
5,471
Expendlture on:
Charitable activities
3,317
3,317
5,388
Total
3,317
3.317
5,388
Net Income I (Expenditure) for the year
232
232
83
Fund balance brought forward at l April 2024
2,275
5,997
,272
8,189
Transfer between funds
Balance carried forward at 31 March 2025
2,507
5.997
8.504
8.272
All of the above results are derived from continuing activities.
The notes on pages 8 tolo form part of these financial statements

READING ADVICE NETWORK
IA Charitable Incorporated Organisationl
Balance Sheet
at 31st March 2025
Note
2025
2024
Current Assets
Debtors and prepayments
Cash at bank
Total current assets
123
8,381
8,504
247
8,025
8,272
Creditors- amounts falling due within one year
Accruals and deferred income
Net assets
8.504
8,272
Fund5 of the Charity
Restricted
Unrestricted
5,997
2,507
5,997
2,275
Total Funds
8,504
8,272
The Trustees consider that the charity is entitled to exemption from the requirement
to have an audit under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that members have not required
the charity to obtain an audit
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of Section 130
of the Charities Act 2011 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts
These account5 were approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf.
Richard Harrison - Chair
7 October 2025

READING ADVICE NETWORK
(Acharflab￿ Incorporated Oryanlsatlonl
Notss tothe Fln4rKlal Statefflentsyeario 31 Marth 2025
Attountirypollcles
Thefollowin8accounring policies have been used In deillngwlth items which are¢on￿dered material
In relation tothe Organisation's financial statements.
al Q*mpany Ilm6ted by8￿ra￿lee
The Or83nisation is a registered Charity number 1165798 the members of which have no per50nil liability in the
e*nt ofthe Charitywilldin8 UP.
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Ba51sola¢ttyJntlni
The accounts have been prepared In accordante with Accountlngand Reporting bycharltles..
Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to Charities preparin8 their accounts in accord3ncewlth
the Financlal Reportin8 StaDdard ap￿ICable in the UK and Republicof Irdand IFRS 1021 the Companie5 ALI
2006.
Thè attount5 have been prepared togive a true and fair. view have departed from the CharitR5 (Accounts
and Reports) Re8ulations 2(X18 onlyto the extent required to providea'true and fair, view. This departure has
n¥0￿e￿ follo%YinBAccounting3nd Reportln8 by Chaiit*5 preparingtheiraccounts In accordance with the
Financial Reportin8 Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFR5 1021 issued 16 july 2014 rather
than the Accountin8and Reporting by Charitie5 Staternent of Recommended Prarti¢eeffeuive from l April 2CQ5
which has since been Withdrawn.
Thecharity ha5earlyadopred rhe prowsions of bulletin l as permitted.
ReadingAdVI￿ Network meets the definrftion of a public benefit entity under FR5 102. Assets and I￿lbIll[l£S are
Initjally reco8nlsed è¢ historical cost ortran5action value unlè$sorherwise stated in the relevant attourting
policy note.
After makingen4uifies. the Trustees have a re3sonable Èxpettation that the Charity has adequate re50urcesto
continue its adi¥itiesfor the foreseeable fuwre. Accordin8lytheycontillueto adopt thegolngcon￿rn basis In
preparinlthe financial statements asoutllned in the Statement of TfUStee5 Rè5POn51billt￿ on pa8e 3.
Reund1la￿0n wtth p￿￿Ou$￿6enern1IY Accepted Accoununi Pv•rtke
In preparin8the accounts, the Trustees havecon5idered whether in applyin8 the accouniing policies required by
FRS 102 and the Charitie5 SORP FRS 102 the restè*ment of ¢omparaiivÈterms was required. ThETrustee5are
of the opinion ihat no such restatemèni is re4vired.
itlcal accouniin81ud8ft￿s8nd key yjurres of estImatI¢￿ uncertalnty
In the appllcaiion of the Charity'5 accounting pdlcles. whlch are descrlbed in note l. Trustees are required to
fflakejudgments, esiimates and assumptions abDUt thecarrying values of assets and liabilitiès rhai are not
readilyapparent from other Sources. The estimation and undedyingèssumptlOn5 are basEd on historical
experience and otherfartors that a￿ consideied to be relevant. Actual results rnaydiffer from these estimares.
The estimates and underlwnB assumptions are revlewed on an ongoing basis. Re¥i510n5 to accountin8 e5timate5
re recognised in the period in which the e5tim&te 15 revised if the revision affects onlythai period, or in the
period of rthslon andfuture if thecurrent and f￿Ure perlods if the ￿¥1$10￿ aff*¢tsthe ¢urrent¥nd
futurè periods.
Int￿ of theTrusiees. fio a5sumptbns concernln8 rhe fuiure or e5tlmatlon uncertaintyaffettin8the ass￿$
and liabilitie$3t the balance sheet da￿are likelyto result in a material adjusrment to their carrwn8 amounts in
the nert financial year.
Flnanrtsl Inst￿MentS
Thecharity only hasfinancial B5sets and financial liaiylityes of a kind that qualify a5 ba5iifin3ncial instrument5.
Ba%c financial instfuments are in￿11allY reco8niSEd attran5actioTh value and Subsequent￿ measured attfv￿r
settlement value.

READING ADVICE NETWORK
IA Charitsble Incorporated Organlsationl
Notes to the Flnanclal Ststements Year to 31 March 2025
l Accountlng poll¢le$ Icontlnuedl
Income
Reco8nltion ol Incoming Resources
These are included in the statement of financial activities when:
the charity becomes entitled to thè Tèsourtes,.
the trustees are virtually certain that they will receive the resources., and
the monetary value can be measured with reasonable accuracv.
Grants and donations
Grants are only included in the statement of financial activities when the charity has
unconditional entTrtlement to the resources standards.
Gifts in klnd
Gifts in kind are accounted for when receivable, at a reasonable estimate of their value
to the Charity.
Investment income
Bank and building society interest is included in the statement of financial activities
when the interest fa115 due.
81
Empenditure and liabilities
Liabilities are reco8nised as soon as there is a legal or construttive obligation cornmitting the
charity to pay out resources. In previous years Governance costs Icosts associated with meeting the
constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity, the Independent Examiner fees and costs in
respect of the strategic management of the Charity) were shown separately in the Statement of Financial
Activities. To comply with Charities SORP FRS 102 Governance costs have been included within charitable
activities as an element of other support costs.
h)
Flxed assets
Assets over £2(KJO are capitallsed and depreciated over their estimated lives.
Assets costing less than £2.000 are writtèn off in the year of acquisition.
Depreclatlon
Depreciation is provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated
useful lives.
IT Equipment and furniture
3 years straight line
Fund attountin¥
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the
trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for partTrcular restrirted purposes within the objects of the charity
and a5 defined by the donor.

READING ADVICE NETWORK
IA Charhble IncorpDrated Oriafitsathinl
Notes to the Financial Statements Year to 31 March 2025
Expendlture on chaAtable activities
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Total
2025
Total
2024
Business Development
Communicatirjns and office
Marketing and website
Insurance
Assessrnents- Reading Voluntary Action
Governance- independent examination
Trainln8
280
280
164
2,873
164
2,873
164
3.462
3,317
3,317
4,174
Credltors and accruals
Amounts falling due within one year
Accruals and deferred incorne
subscription received twice
Movement In Funds
Asat
Incomin8 Outgoing Transfers
I April 2024 Rèsourcès Resources
Asat
31 March 2025
Restrscted Funds
5.997
5.997
5,997
5.997
Unre5trirted Fund5
2,275
3,549
13.3171
2.507
2,275
3,549
13,3171
2,507
Trustees Remuneratlon and Expenses
None of the Trustees, nor any persons or parties connected with them, rece￿Ved any remuneration12024 £Nill nor
were reimbursed any expenses12024 £Nill during the year.
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