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Room to Read UK Limited

A Registered Charity based in England

Active Registered Charity (England and Wales) Registered Company Incorporated Charity

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GB-CHC-1125803
GB-COH-06685456
This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-1125803 .
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Description

Room to Read's goal is to create a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. We help children in low-income communities develop literacy skills and a habit of reading, and support girls to build skills to succeed in school and negotiate key life decisions. We have benefitted more than 23 million children across 20 countries and over 40,700 communities.

Also known as

  • Room to Read UK Limited

CCEW Charity number

1125803

Company number

06685456

Registered

Postcode

EC4M 9BT

Website

roomtoread.org

Domain

roomtoread.org

Latest income

£3,838,215 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Room to Read UK Limited

GB-CHC-1125803

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Bangladesh
  • Grenada
  • Honduras
  • Indonesia
  • India
  • Jordan
  • Cambodia
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Sri Lanka
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Philippines
  • Pakistan
  • Rwanda
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Uganda
  • United States
  • Viet Nam
  • South Africa
  • Zambia

Registered Office in the UK

Room to Read UK Limited

GB-CHC-1125803

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Grant-making foundations H10

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Arts AR » Media and publishing AR200 » Literature AR202
  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Beneficiary group BE » Girls BE104
  • Beneficiary group BE » Women BE113
  • Education ED » Schools ED106
  • Education ED » Training ED300 » Basic skills ED301

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Services 306
  • Other Charitable Activities 310

Scale of operation

  • Overseas

Room to Read UK Limited

GB-CHC-1125803

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2008-09-10 Registered as a charity
2009-12-31 1,943,271 1,449,698
2010-12-31 3,159,321 3,367,451
2011-12-31 3,770,180 3,166,107
2012-12-31 2,127,102 2,585,589
2013-12-31 2,356,858 1,783,901
2014-12-31 3,477,923 3,814,127
2015-12-31 2,651,351 2,996,209
2016-12-31 2,679,778 2,496,387
2017-12-31 3,276,479 3,665,387
2018-12-31 3,627,625 3,246,782
2019-12-31 3,185,574 3,198,604
2020-12-31 1,923,370 2,169,581
2021-12-31 929,081 1,206,929
2022-12-31 3,838,215 1,501,302
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Room to Read UK Limited

GB-CHC-1125803

Charity people

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2022
£		 2021
£
Employees 3 3
Employees paid more than £60,000 2 1
Volunteers 20 10
Trustees 5
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Room to Read UK Limited

GB-CHC-1125803

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£000s 		2021
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 3,832.6 929.1
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 3,832.6 929.1
Income from charitable activities - -
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 0.0 0.0
Other income 5.6 -
Total 3,838.2 929.1
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 499.6 272.8
Spending on raising funds 499.6 272.8
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 1,001.7 934.1
Charitable activities 1,001.7 934.1
Other spending - -
Total 1,501.3 1,206.9
Net income / (expenditure) 2,336.9 (277.8)

Room to Read UK Limited

GB-CHC-1125803

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£000s 		2021
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets - -
Investment assets - -
- -
Current assets
Current investment assets - 31.5
Cash 519.3 168.8
Other current assets 2,029.8 -
2,549.1 200.3
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (53.6) (41.7)
Net current assets 2,495.5 158.6
Total assets less current liabilities 2,495.5 158.6
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets 2,495.5 158.6
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 1,616.9 49.6
Unrestricted funds 878.7 109.0
2,495.5 158.6

Room to Read UK Limited

GB-CHC-1125803

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2022 (the latest year with data available) or 2021.

Room to Read UK Limited

GB-CHC-1125803

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-04-19

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