Read Easy North, East and West Devon
Receipts and Payments Accounts
30[th] September 2025
Read Easy North, East and West Devon
Reference and administra.ve details
| For the year ended 30th | September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Charity Number: | 1210530 |
| Registered ofce and | Woolley House |
| operaFonal address | St. Marys Lane |
| Uplyme | |
| Lyme Regis | |
| DT7 3XH | |
| Trustees | The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of |
| this report were as follows: | |
| Adrienne Bonwick (Chair) | |
| Gill Bunnell (Treasurer) | |
| Owen Yapp (Secretary) | |
| Paul Fisher | |
| Joanna Watsham (resigned July 2025) | |
| Joanna Clarke | |
| Richard Clear | |
| Julie Genge | |
| Barbara Jones | |
| Bankers | Lloyds Bank PLC |
| 1stFloor East | |
| 10 Gresham St | |
| London | |
| EC2V 7AE | |
| Independent examiner | Rory Browne ACA |
| Tayabali Tomlin | |
| Kenton House | |
| Oxford St | |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | |
| Gloucestershire | |
| GL56 0LA |
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Read Easy North, East and West Devon
Report of the Trustees
For the year ended 30[th] September 2025
for the year ended 30[th] September 2025.
Reference and administraFve informaFon set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements and the consFtuFon.
Structure, governance and management
Organisa(onal structure
All charity trustees are included in the Management Team and appointments are approved at the annual AGM. Appointments mid-year are raFfied at the AGM. The charity is an unincorporated not-for-profit organisaFon registered in 2024.
Trustee training
Trustees are provided with the necessary Charity Commission documentaFon on successful elecFon and are provided training where necessary.
Governance, internal control and risk management
The Trustees have reviewed the major risks of the charity and have taken acFon and established systems which will miFgate any known risks. All policies and procedures are reviewed regularly.
The Trustees of Read Easy North, East and West Devon have had regard and are aware of the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising their duFes to which the guidance is relevant.
Objec.ves and ac.vi.es
To advance the educaFon of the adult public within the North, East and West Devon area in literacy.
Achievements and performance
Within the last 12 months:
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33 new readers have commenced their literacy journey
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progress
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- 13 readers have withdrawn from the programme having made liele progress
The total number of readers at year end is 49.
Financial review
Read Easy NEW Devon has had some very successful bids and is now in a strong posiFon to maintain around 50 readers per year for the next 2 years. Our most successful bid was for a £16,000 NaFonal Loeery grant, which pushed us over the £25,000 threshold for accounFng purposes this year.
We conFnue to receive support from local community fundraising and have started to raise our profile through our networking team, who visit local shops, libraries, work fairs etc to aeract new readers and raise funds whilst there.
For a charity that was formed in 2024 from a merger of two smaller groups, the success rate has been very pleasing. We now have hubs in Axminster, Exeter, Exmouth, North Devon and Okehampton.
Reserves policy
The Trustees’ policy for holding reserves is to have funds that will enable 50 readers to complete their programmes. At an average of £170 per annum for a reader in year two, this requires a reserve fund of £8,500.
that are unrestricted will be diverted to the reserves bank account.
Unrestricted reserves (cash in current account + cash in the reserves bank account) were £3,663.86 at year end.
Restricted reserves were at £16,930.22 at year end.
Plans for future periods
We are bidding for a contract with the Devon Community FoundaFon, sponsored by the Devon and Cornwall Police force, which will encourage offenders and those at risk to join the literacy programme and help them back into work and or educaFon. This will require specialist training and checking of coaches and addiFonal investment in publicity, but could be a very rewarding programme to be part of.
Other than this, we are planning to maintain around 50 acFve readers at any one Fme, unFl such Fmes as grants permit us to extend our coach base and take on a bigger number.
The Charity remains commieed to promoFng and publicising the Charity to create greater public awareness of the Charity’s aims and achievements to date.
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Independent Examiner
Tayabali Tomlin were appointed as independent examiners to the charity during the year.
Approved by the Trustees on 22[nd] October 2025 and signed on their behalf by
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Gill Bunnell Treasurer
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Independent Examiner’s Report
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Read Easy North, East and West Devon
I report to the charity trustees on my examinaFon of the accounts of Read Easy North, East and West Devon (the Trust) for the year ended 30 September 2025.
Responsibili.es and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparaFon of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the ChariFes Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examinaFon of the Trust's accounts carried out under SecFon 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examinaFon I have followed all applicable DirecFons given by the Charity Commission under SecFon 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
aeenFon in connecFon with the examinaFon giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
| 1. | accounFng records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by SecFon 130 of the Act;or |
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| 2. | the accounts do not accord with those records;or |
| 3. | the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the ChariFes (Accounts and Reports) RegulaFons 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a maeer considered aspart of an independent examinaFon. |
I have no concerns and have come across no other maeers in connecFon with the examinaFon to which aeenFon should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Rory Browne ACA The InsFtute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Tayabali Tomlin Chartered Accountants Kenton House Oxford Street Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0LA
22 October 2025
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Read Easy North, East and West Devon
Receipts and Payments account
For the year ended 30[th] September 2025
| Restricted | Unrestricted | 2025 Total | 2024 Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Receipts | ||||
| Grants | 24,000.00 | 24,000.00 | 1,800.00 | |
| Private DonaFon | 1,744.32 | 1,744.32 | 764.98 | |
| Local fundraising | 635.01 | 635.01 | 776.58 | |
| Other | 7.66 | 7.66 | 888.81 | |
| Total Receipts | 24,000.00 | 2,386.99 | 26,386.99 | 4,230.37 |
| Payments | ||||
| AfliaFon fees | 550.00 | 550.00 | 600.00 | |
| Coach Training | 532.00 | 112.00 | 644.00 | 1,288.00 |
| DBS Checks | 85.68 | 95.68 | 181.36 | 694.08 |
| Hospitality | 228.91 | 178.11 | 407.02 | 614.14 |
| Manuals / Reading books | 599.29 | 59.16 | 658.45 | 1,394.15 |
| Other EducaFonal resources | 321.67 | 94.60 | 416.27 | 569.23 |
| Travel & Parking | 2,440.96 | 577.69 | 3,018.65 | 2,389.90 |
| Ofce & PrinFng | 455.13 | 46.62 | 501.75 | 145.03 |
| Miscellaneous | 420.97 | 10.00 | 430.97 | 503.25 |
| Publicity | 1,435.17 | 384.16 | 1,819.33 | 931.75 |
| Total Payments | 7,069.78 | 1,558.02 | 8,627.80 | 9,129.53 |
| Net receipts | 16,930.22 | 828.97 | 17,759.19 | (4,899.16) |
| Cash funds at 1stOctober | 0.00 | 2,834.89 | 2,834.89 | 7,734.05 |
| Cash funds at 30thSeptember | 16,930.22 | 3,663.86 | 20,594.08 | 2,834.89 |
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Statement of Assets and Liabili.es
As at 30[th] September 2025
| 2025 Total | 2024 Total | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Cash funds | ||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 20,594.08 | 2,834.89 |
| Total cash funds | 20,594.08 | 2,834.89 |
| Cash funds | ||
| Restricted funds | 16,930.22 | 0.00 |
| Unrestricted funds | 3,663.86 | 2,834.89 |
| Total cash funds | 20,594.08 | 2,834.89 |
Approved by the trustees on 22[nd] October 2025 and signed on their behalf by
SIGN
Gill Bunnell, Trustee
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