# LET'S TALK READING

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1180559
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 5, 2018
- **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=1180559


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Eastern Angles Centre, Gatacre Road, Ipswich
- **Postcode:** IP1 2LQ
- **Phone:** 07763702267
- **Email:** info@letstalkreading.org.uk
- **Website:** www.letstalkreading.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS, LIVING IN AND AROUND IPSWICH, IN THE SUBJECT OF LITERACY THROUGH, PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING PROGRAMS FOR THE PROMOTION OF LITERACY SKILLS.

**Activities:** The charity enables and offers a number of services to improve literacy in the disadvantaged areas of Ipswich, directly and by funding partner organisations, including encouraging attendance at ante-natal and post-natal classes, encouraging parents and early years settings to read with infants, giving away free book-bags to  infants and families, and working with adults who struggle to read.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £148300 | £99818 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £21495 | £36041 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £28109 | £36149 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £26623 | £21309 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £30388 | £26711 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ROBERT JOHN HELLEUR MBE,  MSC** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 10, 2018
- Alison Rosemary Stewart MBE — appointed July 16, 2021
- Clair Elaine Pyper — appointed March 4, 2025
- DAVID EDWARD HUGHES — appointed Dec. 10, 2018
- James Hayward — appointed May 9, 2019
- KRYSTAL ANN VITTLES BEM — appointed Dec. 10, 2018
- Katherine McNamara — appointed March 4, 2025