Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -7

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Static board: -3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -3

THE LONDON READING CENTRE

Operation of a Lending Library specialising in Cultural Texts.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
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

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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	Volun- teers
31/07/22		£145	£157	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/07/21		£101	£99	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/20		£28	£27	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/19		£24	£22	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/07/18	*	£45	£46	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/17		£34	£23	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

admin@londonreadingcentre.org

02031378299

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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

The Clothworkers Foundation	£5,000
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,700
Henry Smith Charity	£1,680

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The London Reading Centre
£1,680	06/07/2021	towards the costs of a trip to an aqua park for children from disadvantaged communities from the London Borough of Haringey.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Summer Playscheme
£500	24/05/2021	Summer Playscheme
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,200	30/03/2021	Core costs.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to London Reading Centre
£5,000	09/09/2020	purchase of IT equipment for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Hackney
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning to Read The Fun Way
£9,993	30/08/2017 12	This project will create literacy and learning resources that will support young people from the Jewish community who have a range of educational needs, improving their chances in life.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

BEILE GITTY KRAUSZ Appointed: 2019

ALEXANDER JULIUS HALPERT (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Secretary, Other trusteeship: TALMUD TORAH LONDON LIMITED,

MENACHEM SHOLOM GELDZAHLER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: TALMUD TORAH LONDON LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/12/2016, number: 1170902

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR18: 115 days late,

Main office

8 CRAVEN PARK ROAD
LONDON
N15 6AB

Objectives

(I) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND PARTICULARLY THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT.(II) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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