# READ - THE READING AGENCY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1085443
- **Other names:** THE READING AGENCY FOR LIBRARIES, THE READING AGENCY, TRA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03904882](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03904882)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1085443


## Contact

- **Address:** 24 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1R 4EH
- **Phone:** 020 7324 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&#x27;s big challenges, from social mobility to mental health.




## 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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND WALES
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Aimee Jane Felone |  | Sept. 8, 2023 |
| DEREK O&#x27;GARA |  | Dec. 20, 2012 |
| David Richard Shelley |  | July 24, 2023 |
| Davinia-Louise Green |  | Dec. 14, 2021 |
| Mandy Teresa de Waal |  | Jan. 23, 2023 |
| Maureen Carmel Corish |  | Aug. 5, 2024 |
| Michael Edwin Lewis |  | Oct. 10, 2023 |
| Mohammed Zoinul Abidin |  | Dec. 14, 2021 |
| Paul Nicholas Kelly |  | June 26, 2018 |
| Sue Lesley Williamson |  | July 22, 2023 |
| Susan  Claire Hall |  | Sept. 18, 2018 |
| THOMAS MOODY-STUART |  | Dec. 29, 2025 |
| Teresa Mary Cremin |  | Aug. 23, 2023 |




