Registered Charity Number
208737
Reading Centre for the Deaf
Report and Accounts
For The Year Ended
31 March 2024

Reading Centre for the Deaf
Trnstee5' Annual Report
For the year ended 31 March 2024
REFERENCE & AOMINISTRITIVE INFOIIMAII¢)N
Charity Name
Charity NumbÈr
20B737
Repstered 27Julyl
131.133 CardrffRoad. Re*iNvJ. Berkshi￿ RG1 8JF
Principal AddrEs
DavTrJ Goddord
Ichalrlffrm l&hSeptanDerW23
Bill Ewans
Ken Dy50n
Ray Lee
Tory Evars
PeiÈr Perry
L￿d3 Dtr#n
Mar¢ella Cl
Caron Jones
Donna O'&i?n
Rerired 16Wtembw2023
Retirwj l November20rJ
from 161hSeptemt)er2
from20thApri1207J
froffl9thJune2023
Offico
Informal￿an and Centre Officer
Bank8fS
Lknyds TSB
Cambtwjge 8 C￿nt￿ Bank
Ind￿endent
Examltw
Inspire A¢o)unbng LIK Ltd
Vnit 13a. Chrftem Court Rosd, Cheshgm. HP5 2PX.
STRUCTURE. GOVER14ANCE & 41ANAGEMENr
Goven¥ng L)ocum8nt
The charity is an unino)rpDf3t&J a5srKiatw)n. go￿rr￿￿ ty ts constdJAwJ) *JL*d ￿ 1950 aThJ L
20 June 1994.
AppointrTreni of Trust*8
The Cotnmittee consr6ts of not bss than r￿Mbe[S are atlhe CIwdy5A(¥A. Tw51ees may
be cowted dunw the yeafand Sen￿ the r*xt AGM.
Organisational Stsuciure
The rrusiees noma1￿ at k&sl ten lknes a >vrto cons¥JerO* bU51r￿SS Of￿a$S￿￿￿.
Risk Planagamgnt
The trustees do not conswjer thatt￿ ale any sub5tanbal r*$ the dEdoseO ￿ t
rinancial ststements. Th8 assoGthn holl frealvjkl of 131-133 ca￿rf[ Ro*. It hokts p￿rkab￿lY
insurano.
OBJECnVES & ACnVlmES
Theobie¢th¥e oftt* ChartyistopronMein(W)EndeFKeanOavate￿￿ar￿pafand hard01￿81*¥pÈD￿Èjn
eadlngand sur[￿ndIT43reaS.
Thecentre prov5desactMtie5 lordeatand hard of hearingtDrourfhoutlhe>parasthefc¢us pointof S(￿
g8theriwThe Centrealso pro￿￿e5 inf(xmati¢n3nd as*5rarKetothOse**oiieedwiwdÈttotS￿•￿pthtr
Indepenoence 8nttconf￿e￿ce.

Reading Centre for the Deaf
Trustees, Annual Report {¢ontinued)
For the year ended 31 March 2024
Activities. achievernents and perfornian¢es
The Centre has seen numerous aclNtl]8s such as.'-
50+ Group- The age range is fvr and they meet •tery fortnwhl
Church- Monthly 98th￿IngS
Deaf Social Club- nornajly 8 large number of rnembef5 frorn Reathng surrounding S￿88
regularly meet. ￿1b &P(x)l every Wednesday e￿Ing$, ￿ have t￿ teams thnretit¥J in ReadiThJ
Pool Leagues_
Blnuo nights- Now reinstal￿￿.
Outreach and Inforni￿l0n Officer- Provides signwsb.ng Mfomiati￿ tor the Deafcornfflunity,
support5 the running of community. health and information events and outreaches to Olher Se￿1¢¢$
ta promote enga9ernent arK* ernpowermenl for the Deaf ¢ornrnuntty. They assisl wilh the smooth
running of the Deaf Centre and supports the Exearti￿ committee in ifflp￿rn￿￿"rtsJ the philosoph
principles of the organisation.
Coffee Mornings- These monthly sessions a￿ forthe cornfflunity to D)m8 tr4eÈher induding I￿)$& vrth
Ghildren. where opportunity to ￿8Y and chat. also speofic presentthng (M) 7QIKJU5 ttW¢S.
¢hair YogalPilates- Sign language led se$5K>n5 forth8 Deaf cx)rTmunity prov#Yed on a 14eekty ba5i5.
Public Benefit
sn planning our achvities. follow Ihe Charivs Commis5iOll'5 guidan￿ on public befteffl at oui
trustees meetings. Everyone is welcome lo the Centre regardless of personal backgrour#Y. fath
gender, persona ryrcumstances. healing or deaf lo j￿n the ￿al ar*¥itw. These benefft al
people by deVelo￿n9 their 8eK-Q)nf1den￿ and social skills.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Sumrnary
The ffinances ofthe assrriabon 15 StaL4e. There is a unrestrKied balan￿ 01£114.783 at Ihe
year end. The resthcted fvnd balan￿ as at 31 Marth W24 15 £012023- £0 (See note$}l.
Reserve Poli¢y
The trustees bdieve they should hdd a minimum Of£10,￿rf) in Unrestri(￿ reserve to meet ts
Comrnbtments and creditors of running the Cent￿.
David Goddard
Chair

Independent Examinerfs Report to the Members of Reading Centre for the Deaf
I re￿rt on the accounts of Reading CenlrE foi Ihe Ckaf for thè year ended 31 March 2024.
Respective re5ponsiblltties of and Èxaminer
The charitys trustees are iesFonsib* forlhe prepa¥ation of #E acwjnts.
Th& charity's Iruslees ttJns￿erthat an aLKtit i% not reQui￿d for Ihts yearlurthr sethn 1441 of the Charit*s
Act 2011 (the CharitEsActl and that an I[￿￿ndent Èx*ninatioft ￿ nealed
11 is my responsiknlty to..
' examirie the accounts lundw ser*on 145 of theA¢#l".
. to folkAw the pr1>￿￿ures laKJ in Ihe Ga*rdl byts￿ Charity Ccfflmi%sKx) IuEK*r
seLlion 14515llbl of Iiie Act), and
' to stsle whetherp3tbcularrnatters h85* lo rny 8ttenlx)n.
Basi$ of indepgndent examinerfs repwt
My examination was csrritd out in accordanr* General Direc*orB given by the
Charrty Commission. An examinaticn In￿￿eS a rew4 ofthe ac£y)untsr¥J kept
by the charity and a comwson of th8 2¢￿Ints prEsentsd *?th I￿j$e tecord& rt aL80
inclthles con$idpralion of any unusual it￿nS or disdoswes IA the accounts. and seeking
explanations the trust￿ corKeming any sut* mattets. The w(X*dure5 ￿dert
do ntst provi¢* all the eviden￿ that woubJ t* iW4uir&l in an aThJ cotwuen¥y no
opinion is given as to bYheifÈr the accourrts present fair vivw*yJ ￿ rqrfyt is luritsd
to those matter5 Set out in the siaternenl
Independentexaminerfs statement
In connÈ¢bvn wth our examinatiors. rn8tterhas t￿￿e to my attentim".
1. which 9ives rne rEa50nable cause to belEve that in. any material resF*Ct the requi
' lo keep at£ounting E(x)rds in accorrl8ll(x W seaKsn 130 of Charities Ad,.
* lo prep8re 8ctrA)unts %vhich a￿ord the xcounting re¢ord5 aTrl CTr1)th￿1h tt*
uireinents oflhe Ch8ntiesAct have Ml rnEt or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should tedrawft in orderto enable a under5tandtThJ ol
accounts to be reached.
Inspire Accounong UK Ltd
Unil 13a
Chimern Court
A5heridge Road
Chesham
HPS 2PX
Date..

Reading Centre forthÈ
Re¢eipts and payments accounts
For the yearended 31 March 2024
Charity Re91str4tiort Numl*r 208737
2024
2023
dI￿d5
Donations and 9rdntS
RooFn and hall hire
23.714
25.714
32.910
fc and rale6 (eteNeO
231
23.1
23.254
Bank interest
25.515
.714
49.229
56,835
Paymonts
Rates antt waler rates
5334
5.272
ghl and
quptDeql. repair5 ZtKJ rEnwKd
Insurnn¢e
8184
18250
8.613
1.3ZO
51n
51rJ
Infom)*i¢n aTh1 sei¥
11167
11167
13.8KJ
ODDations
Support servic
Office and training Costs
Independent Examinefs fee5
Total p*yrnènts
Ngt surplusl {deficit?
Cash funds last yearqnd
cash fundsthi5ygar end
1813
1813
r6714
49.007
IZ1641
121641
113.813
1?4.783
114.7&J
121.641
Reading Centre for the Deaf
Statemènt of assets and liabilities
For the year ended 31 March 2023
ndB
t. Cash lunds
Cash al bank, PrEpayvpnls and Aco¥u*
Total cash funds
114.783
114.783
121.641
121.641
114.783
114.783
F￿hOld Ptoperty. Reaoiny CentsftrtrÈ cèal. 131.l33ca￿jrffRQ•J. Reath¥. ee￿I￿t RGI &JF.
CtyhpL4teFS. f8x madyne ar&1 off￿
At 1stWI
2023
Ir￿orne
Outyoir•A
At 315t
121.641
25.515
32.3TJ
114,783
121.641
25.515
32,3n
114,763
SÈNlce Lev4 Agreemsrt. RèadirrtJ BC £ 15.45D £8264.