Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

READ EASY LEICESTER & DISTRICT

Read Easy Leicester & District provides one to one coaching for adults who have little or no reading skills in Leicester and the surrounding district. Coaches meet twice a week with their 'reader' for half an hour at a time in a public but safe and confidential venue.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/09/23£6£5£1n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

ldleader@readeasy.org.uk

07825702383

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Leicester City, Leicestershire,

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Read Easy Leicester & District
£1,000 08/02/2023
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ELAINE GOODALL Appointed: 2021
  • ELAINE MASSEY Appointed: 2023
  • ELIZABETH SUSAN PERKINS Appointed: 2021
  • LINDA OSBORNE Appointed: 2022
  • PETER GEOFFREY UPTON Appointed: 2021
  • SUSAN PIKE Appointed: 2023
  • SUSAN STANHOPE (Chair) Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/12/2022, number: 1201375
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

52 Lutterworth Road
Blaby
LEICESTER
LE8 4DN

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE ADULT PUBLIC IN LITERACY WITHIN THE LEICESTER AND DISTRICT AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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