Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 13

'LEARN TO LOVE TO READ'

Operating in Wandsworth, London, we want all children aged 0 to 11 years to have frequent, positive reading experiences. We train teams of volunteers to give one-to-one support in primary schools. We run early literacy classes for parents and toddlers. We encourage and equip parents to support their children's reading at home.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

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Income & Spending ?

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23	£147	£105	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/08/22?	£59	£62	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/12/21	£48	£73	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/12/20	£113	£67	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
31/12/19	£40	£36	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/12/18	£40	£28	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.learn2love2read.org.uk

matilda@l2l2r.org

020 8877 3003

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Early years interventions

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Wandsworth,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
70 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Tuixen Foundation	£30,000
City Bridge Trust	£15,600
The Foyle Foundation	£10,000
The London Community Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£6,500
Co-Operative Group	£3,923
The Childhood Trust	£2,500
The Wimbledon Foundation	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000	10/07/2023	towards core costs
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Learn to Love to Read
£7,500	19/07/2022	Learn to Love to Read teach pre-school and KS1 children to read, and their families how to love books and reading.
The Childhood Trust - Helping children learn to love to read
£2,500	12/06/2022	Our vision for Wandsworth is #everychildareader. We are expanding our existing work to support children aged 0 to 11 years. We help young children start school ready to read, primary children build a ....more Our vision for Wandsworth is #everychildareader. We are expanding our existing work to support children aged 0 to 11 years. We help young children start school ready to read, primary children build a love of reading as well as reading skills, and parents support their children?s learning at home.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Learn to Love to Read
£7,500	23/07/2021	Learn to Love to Read teach pre-school and KS1 children to read, and their families how to love books and reading.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Learn to Love to Read
£10,000	18/12/2020 5	The funding is for equipment to adapt our services for digital delivery: laptops for staff to facilitate the hugely increased online workload; and tablets to lend to disadvantaged, digitally excluded ....more The funding is for equipment to adapt our services for digital delivery: laptops for staff to facilitate the hugely increased online workload; and tablets to lend to disadvantaged, digitally excluded families and, where required, a contribution towards their data/internet costs, so they can access our online support.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Learn to Love to Read
£3,923	24/10/2020	We will help primary age children who find reading difficult, build early literacy in toddlers and train parents to support reading at home.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£6,500	25/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Learn to Love to Read
£7,500	05/08/2020	Learn to Love to Read teach pre-school and KS1 children to read, and their families how to love books and reading.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Learn to Love to Read
£15,600	19/05/2020	A grant of £15,600 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
The Wimbledon Foundation - Education support
£2,500	04/05/2020	Distribution of reading and educational resources to families in Wandsworth
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Learn to Love to Read
£7,500	11/07/2019	Learn to Love to Read teach pre-school and KS1 children to read, and their families how to love books and reading.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Learn to Love to Read
£5,000	10/08/2018	Learn to Love to Read teach pre-school and KS1 children to read, and their families how to love books and reading.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Learn to Love to Read
£5,000	12/07/2017	Learn to Love to Read teach pre-school and KS1 children to read, and their families how to love books and reading.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JACQUELINE WENDY CARSON (Chair) Appointed: 2017

JOANNA LOUISE HENLEY Appointed: 2023

PRIYA DARSHINI CHHETRI Appointed: 2023

CAROLYN PAMELA ANNE STUBBS Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeships: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY WITH ST. PETER & ST. JUDE, WEST BROMPTON, FRIENDS OF BROMPTON CEMETERY,

TERESA JANE HARRIS Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: AQUILA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST,

NIGEL HARRIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeships: DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE, INTEGRAL ALLIANCE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/10/2017, number: 1175288

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

L2L2R at St Michael's Church
71 Wimbledon Park Road
Southfields
London
Greater

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS THE UK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING LITERACY SUPPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIMARY SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS.

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