# ROOM TO READ UK LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1125803
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 10, 2008
- **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=1125803


## Contact

- **Address:** Room to Read UK Limited, Bracken House, 1 Friday Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC4M 9BT
- **Phone:** 02078733603
- **Email:** Europe@roomtoread.org
- **Website:** www.roomtoread.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES INCLUDING BOOKS, SCHOOLS, SCHOLARSHIPS, TRAINING, CAPACITY BUILDING AND OTHER GOODS, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE SUCH NEEDS, IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER ROOM TO READ OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ('THE OBJECTS').

**Activities:** 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 50 million children across 28 countries.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Bangladesh
- Burma
- Cambodia
- Grenada
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malawi
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- United States
- Vietnam
- Zambia



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1183202 | £1899144 | £2099074 | 2 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2132122 | £1695444 | £2878720 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £3838215 | £1501302 | £2495546 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £929081 | £1206929 | £158632 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1923370 | £2169581 | £436479 | 4 |



## Trustees

- **DEAN HOWARD CHAN** (Chair)
- DOUGLAS HILL
- Heather Simpson — appointed Aug. 28, 2020
- MR MARTYN CHRISTOPHER GOWAR — appointed Nov. 2, 2011
- Shari Lynn Freedman — appointed Aug. 21, 2014