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Worldreader

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1158030
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed April 9, 2026. Filing history
Registered
July 28, 2014
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
20 Dartmouth Park Road
London
NW5 1SX

Activities

Worldreader champions digital reading in underserved communities to create a world where everyone can be a reader. With low-cost technology, culturally-relevant digital books, and a network of corporate and nonprofit partners, we're helping millions of people read more and read better.

Objects: The Objects Of The CIO Are (I) To Advance The Education Of The Public, And (Ii) The Prevention And Relief Of Poverty Or Hardship, In Each Case In Particular But Not Exclusively By:(1) Making Digital Books And Materials And New Technologies Available To Children And Their Families; And(2) Promoting And Supporting Initiatives That Use New Technologies To Provide Immediate Access To Written Materials.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Country
Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Haiti, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 April 9, 2026On time £100,000 £37,377
Dec. 31, 2024 Aug. 4, 2025On time £9,391 £66,391
Dec. 31, 2023 Sept. 20, 2024On time £67,635 £31,843
Dec. 31, 2022 Oct. 20, 2023On time £116,951 £163,777
Dec. 31, 2021 Oct. 28, 2022On time £36,374 £223,700

Trustees

Name Appointed
Hermione Lucy Ireland (Chair) May 25, 2014
David Risher May 25, 2014
Lucia Veronica Halpern Nov. 13, 2017
Martin John Nye June 19, 2018
Peter Glyn Charteris Mallinson Dec. 31, 2017
Rebecca Chandler Leege March 7, 2024