Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 8

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Future income +5
No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 7

READY, STEADY, READ

READY STEADY READ IS A CHILDREN'S READING WORKING ACROSS HULL AND EAST RIDING PRIMARY SCHOOLS. WE AIM TO HELP IMPROVE CHILDREN?S LITERACY, BOOST READING AGES AND DEVELOP A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING. WE CURRENTLY SUPPORT CHILDREN IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN HULL PROVIDING READING HELPERS, READING SPACES, BOOKS AND DEDICATED ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE FALLING BEHIND WITH THEIR READING.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£8	£15	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£27	£15	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£12	£9	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£8	£16	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£19	£18	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£34	£15	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.readysteadyread.org

hello@readysteadyread.org

07949734175

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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
J J Charitable Trust - Towards its work providing 1:1 volunteer reading support in Hull
£10,000	19/03/2024	Towards its work providing 1:1 volunteer reading support in Hull
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	28/05/2021	Core Costs/Unrestricted Grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£2,500	31/03/2019	Reading Mentors/Core

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CLAIRE MUDD Appointed: 2023

JOANNE WALKER (Chair) Appointed: 2016

NOEL PARKINSON Appointed: 2016

PAULA STEAD Appointed: 2016

RACHEL WEEKS Appointed: 2019

SHARON LEIGH MAYS Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/10/2016, number: 1169572

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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

29A Holderness Road
HULL
HU8 7NA

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING READING SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE READING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AND TO HELP CHILDREN DEVELOP A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING.

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