# HOPE INTO ACTION: READING

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1175092
- **Other names:** HIAR
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 11, 2017
- **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=1175092


## Contact

- **Address:** Argyle Community Church, Argyle Road, READING
- **Postcode:** RG1 7YL
- **Phone:** 07967681020
- **Email:** mary.lewis@hopeintoaction.org.uk
- **Website:** reading.hopeintoaction.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

**Activities:** HIAR exists to alleviate homelessness and poverty




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bracknell Forest
- Reading
- West Berkshire
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £115514 | £121552 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £101882 | £104849 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £104301 | £91729 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £72188 | £81633 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £104896 | £96273 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr RICHARD PAUL CROFT** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 10, 2017
- Dr Joubert Gratia Gama — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- Mary Langshaw — appointed June 25, 2019
- Susan Rosalind Ralph — appointed Sept. 30, 2018