# ASSISTING BERKSHIRE CHILDREN TO READ

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1184968
- **Other names:** ABC TO READ
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 20, 2019
- **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=1184968


## Contact

- **Address:** St. Marks Church Hall, 94 Cranbury Road, READING
- **Postcode:** RG30 2TA
- **Phone:** 01189511336
- **Email:** info@abctoread.org.uk
- **Website:** www.abctoread.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** To advance the education of the public in Berkshire and the surrounding areas by:a) Providing tuition and support to help children in schools across Berkshire and surrounding areas to overcome reading difficulties, thereby promoting self-confidence and emotional well-being.b) Providing workshops, training, and support to parents and guardians of such children, enabling them to gain greater confidence in assisting their children to read.c) Delivering workshops, training and support to help older students become reading buddies, fostering leadership skills while helping younger children improve their reading.

**Activities:** ABC to read aims to advance the education of the public in Berkshire by:a) providing tuition and support to help children in Berkshire schools to overcome reading difficulties thereby promoting self-confidence.b)  providing workshops, training and support to parents and guardians of such children so that they may gain greater confidence in assisting the children to read.

**Area of benefit:** LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Bracknell Forest
- Reading
- Slough
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £192690 | £139737 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £115752 | £139247 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £131355 | £118341 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £108711 | £97563 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £84429 | £85677 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Claire Louise Herriott — appointed June 27, 2019
- Hannah Corinna McNicholl — appointed June 22, 2021
- JANIS SUSAN DIEPPE — appointed July 3, 2025
- Jennifer Cooney — appointed June 27, 2019
- Leorah Stewart — appointed Feb. 22, 2024
- MICHAEL EDWARDS — appointed June 27, 2019
- Pauline Vera Harper — appointed June 27, 2019
- Stephen Graham Smith — appointed June 27, 2019