# READ - THE READING AGENCY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1085443
- **Other names:** THE READING AGENCY FOR LIBRARIES, THE READING AGENCY, TRA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 8, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1085443


## Contact

- **Address:** 24 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1R 4EH
- **Phone:** 0207 324 2544
- **Email:** info@readingagency.org.uk
- **Website:** www.readingagency.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF READING AND THE PROMOTION OF LITERACY SKILLS

**Activities:** The Reading Agency works every day towards a world where everyone is reading their way to a better life - from toddlers to children to young adults, prisoners and older people - irrespective of age or economic background.  It advocates that reading can tackle life's big challenges, from social mobility to mental health.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND WALES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2796553 | £3152396 | £812335 | 28 |
| March 31, 2024 | £3034606 | £3137021 | £1168178 | 30 |
| March 31, 2023 | £3044429 | £3655499 | £1270593 | 27 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2974375 | £2823628 | £1881663 | 28 |
| March 31, 2021 | £6497434 | £6171132 | £1730916 | 25 |



## Trustees

- Aimee Jane Felone — appointed Sept. 8, 2023
- DEREK O'GARA — appointed Dec. 20, 2012
- David Richard Shelley — appointed July 24, 2023
- Davinia-Louise Green — appointed Dec. 14, 2021
- Mandy Teresa de Waal — appointed Jan. 23, 2023
- Maureen Carmel Corish — appointed Aug. 5, 2024
- Michael Edwin Lewis — appointed Oct. 10, 2023
- Mohammed Zoinul Abidin — appointed Dec. 14, 2021
- Paul Nicholas Kelly — appointed June 26, 2018
- Sue Lesley Williamson — appointed July 22, 2023
- Susan  Claire Hall — appointed Sept. 18, 2018
- THOMAS MOODY-STUART — appointed Dec. 29, 2025
- Teresa Mary Cremin — appointed Aug. 23, 2023