Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

READ EASY HACKNEY 

The Object of the charity is to advance the education of the adult public in literacy within the London Borough of Hackney.
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Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely 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 ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
28/02/23£7,131£1,881£5,2500
28/02/22£1,986£4,117£-2,1310
28/02/21£6,846£4,027£2,8190
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.readeasy.org.uk/groups/hackney

hackneyleader@readeasy.org.uk

07748647515

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000 29/11/2022
to support the work of Easy Readers Hackney including recruiting new reading coaches and readers
Hackney Council - Grant to Read Easy Hackney
£1,620 24/03/2021
Wave 5 (Project): Tablet computers and SIM-cards for these devices, which we will lend to adults who struggle to read and write. This should allow them to digitally meet their coach twice a week ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/08/2020, number: 1190737
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

21B POETS ROAD
LONDON
N5 2SL

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE ADULT PUBLIC IN LITERACY WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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