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Description

Read for Good's aim is the advancement of education of children and young people in the UK, by the promotion of reading for pleasure and associated literacy skills; and the advancement of citizenship, and the provision of relief to disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.

Also known as

  • Read for Good
  • Readathon
  • Read for Good

CCEW Charity number

1130309

Company number

06895421

Registered

Postcode

GL6 0BS

Website

readforgood.org

Domain

readforgood.org

Latest income

£1,103,518 (on )

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

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Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

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Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1130309 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1130309 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Read for Good (this record)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-07-01

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Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
Last updated 2024-06-27

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Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-06-29

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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.

  • Child and youth services D11

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 » Young people BE115
  • Education ED
  • Society SO » Citizenship SO101
  • Social welfare SW » Individual poverty SW105

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
  • Disability 104

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Other Charitable Activities 310

Scale of operation

  • National

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Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2009-06-24 Registered as a charity
2010-08-31 683,520 504,874
2011-08-31 948,232 866,245
2012-08-31 932,665 746,346
2013-08-31 1,041,417 877,094
2014-08-31 1,214,653 1,002,951
2015-08-31 1,013,700 1,042,722
2016-08-31 812,464 806,668
2017-08-31 1,148,277 992,391
2018-08-31 780,117 867,534
2019-08-31 865,215 978,470
2020-08-31 668,803 811,520
2021-08-31 754,165 639,368
2022-08-31 1,100,759 903,655
2023-08-31 1,103,518 1,110,055
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.

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Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 11 11
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 10 8
Trustees 7
Employees
Volunteers

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

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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.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 1,055.0 1,097.8
Legacies 42.5 -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 1,097.5 1,097.8
Income from charitable activities - -
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 6.0 3.0
Other income - -
Total 1,103.5 1,100.8
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 50.5 77.3
Spending on raising funds 50.5 77.3
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 1,059.5 826.4
Charitable activities 1,059.5 826.4
Other spending - -
Total 1,110.1 903.7
Net income / (expenditure) (6.5) 197.1

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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.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 46.7 55.5
Investment assets - 0.4
46.7 55.9
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 998.9 1,014.6
Other current assets 82.0 60.0
1,080.9 1,074.6
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (162.5) (158.9)
Net current assets 918.4 915.8
Total assets less current liabilities 965.1 971.7
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets 965.1 971.7
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 64.9 193.7
Unrestricted funds 900.2 778.0
965.1 971.7

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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 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.

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Grants received

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The Shears Foundation £5,500
1 year
Read for Good
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Matched Funding
£1,000 MCF Matched Funding
Sussex Community Foundation
General Awards
£3,000
11 months
Grant to Read for Good Hospital 'Books and Storytelling' Project
Sep 2022 to Aug 2023
The William Syson Foundation £4,000 Books and Storytelling Project
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust £1,250 Read for Good - 02/11/21
BBC Children in Need
Main Grants
£45,414
2 years
Grant to Read for Good
Sep 2018 to Aug 2020

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

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