# WORLDREADER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1158030
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 28, 2014
- **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=1158030


## Contact

- **Address:** 20 DARTMOUTH PARK ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** NW5 1SX
- **Phone:** +34930131276
- **Email:** info@worldreader.org
- **Website:** www.worldreader.org



## Activities

**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.

**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.




## 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



## Areas of operation

- 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 | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | £100000 | £37377 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £9391 | £66391 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £67635 | £31843 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £116951 | £163777 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £36374 | £223700 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **HERMIONE LUCY IRELAND** (Chair) — appointed May 25, 2014
- DAVID RISHER — appointed May 25, 2014
- Lucia Veronica Halpern — appointed Nov. 13, 2017
- Martin John Nye — appointed June 19, 2018
- PETER GLYN CHARTERIS MALLINSON — appointed Dec. 31, 2017
- Rebecca Chandler Leege — appointed March 7, 2024