WORLDREADER

Charity number: 1158030
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Worldreader champions digital reading in underserved communities to create a world where everyone can be a reader. With low-cost technology, culturally-relevant digital books, and a network of corporate and nonprofit partners, we're helping millions of people read more and read better.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £67,635
Total expenditure: £31,843

People

6 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Cameroon
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Ghana
  • Haiti
  • India
  • Ivory Coast
  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • South Africa
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • The Gambia
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 July 2014: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
HERMIONE LUCY IRELAND Chair 25 May 2014
None on record
Rebecca Chandler Leege Trustee 07 March 2024
None on record
Martin John Nye Trustee 19 June 2018
WOB FOUNDATION
Received: On time
THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Received: On time
FOXHAM READING ROOM AND LIBRARY
Received: On time
DEVIZES ASSIZE COURT TRUST
Received: On time
PETER GLYN CHARTERIS MALLINSON Trustee 31 December 2017
BERRYDOWN FOUNDATION
Received: On time
Lucia Veronica Halpern Trustee 13 November 2017
THE HALO TRUST
Received: On time
DAVID RISHER Trustee 25 May 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £170.85k £89.23k £36.37k £116.95k £67.64k
Total expenditure £111.20k £155.48k £223.70k £163.78k £31.84k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 20 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 20 September 2024 On Time
Annual return 31 December 2022 20 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 20 October 2023 On Time
Annual return 31 December 2021 28 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 28 October 2022 On Time
Annual return 31 December 2020 27 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 27 October 2021 On Time
Annual return 31 December 2019 23 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 23 October 2020 On Time
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - Foundation Registered 28 Jul 2014

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE (I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND (II) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY OR HARDSHIP, IN EACH CASE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (1) MAKING DIGITAL BOOKS AND MATERIALS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES; AND (2) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING INITIATIVES THAT USE NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO WRITTEN MATERIALS.

Contact information

Address:
20 DARTMOUTH PARK ROAD
LONDON
NW5 1SX
Phone:
+34930131276
Email:
info@worldreader.org
Website:

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