Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -5

WORLDREADER

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/12/22		£117	£164	£-47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£36	£224	£-187	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£89	£155	£-66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£171	£111	£60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£277	£93	£184	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/17		£50	£340	£-290	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/16		£12	£738	£-726	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/12/15	*	£1,269	£156	£1,113	£45	£1,113	£100	7.7	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.worldreader.org

info@worldreader.org

+34930131276

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it 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,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

COLIN MARTIN MCELWEE Appointed: 2014

DAVID RISHER Appointed: 2014

HERMIONE LUCY IRELAND (Chair) Appointed: 2014

MARTIN JOHN NYE Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeships: FOXHAM READING ROOM AND LIBRARY, THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LIMITED, WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, DEVIZES ASSIZE COURT TRUST, WOB FOUNDATION,

PETER GLYN CHARTERIS MALLINSON Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: BERRYDOWN FOUNDATION,

LUCIA VERONICA HALPERN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: THE HALO TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/07/2014, number: 1158030

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR15: 0 days late,

Main office

20 DARTMOUTH PARK ROAD
LONDON
NW5 1SX

Objectives

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.

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