# READING DISPENSARY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 203943
- **Other names:** TRUSTEES OF THE READING DISPENSARY TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 26, 1983
- **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=203943


## Contact

- **Address:** Reading Dispensary Trust, 16 Wokingham Road, Reading
- **Postcode:** RG6 1JQ
- **Phone:** 01189265698
- **Email:** theclerk@readingdispensarytrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.readingdispensarytrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF READING AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES WHICH ARE CALCULATED TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH CASES BUT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM FROM OTHER SOURCES.

**Activities:** Grants for the benefit of individuals generally on application by Doctors, Nurses, Social Workers and Voluntary Organisations when statutory provision cannot be used.Activity is restricted to helping people who live within a 7 mile radius from the centre of Reading who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped or infirm.

**Area of benefit:** READING AND DSITRICT




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- **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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £58406 | £58633 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £50652 | £49937 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £50652 | £49937 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £50479 | £51360 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £55776 | £43320 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Jeremy Moreton** (Chair) — appointed May 16, 2023
- Anne Ballard — appointed May 10, 2016
- Dr David Horne — appointed Jan. 14, 2020
- JEAN MARION TURTON
- Mark Hallett — appointed May 11, 2021
- Michele Vale — appointed July 19, 2019
- Ruth Helen Hampton — appointed Oct. 14, 2025
- Sally Utting — appointed April 9, 2024
- Steve Pollard — appointed July 12, 2022