Registered charity · Liverpool
The Reader Organisation
The Reader Organisation is a registered charity (number 1126806) based in Liverpool, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Anita Marsland since 2019. Latest income £4.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £4.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.thereader.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Reader Organisation
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.6m£4.9m
- 2024£4.4m£5.0m
- 2023£4.2m£4.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.1m£4.2m
- 2021£3.6m£3.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 17% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF CITIZENS AND INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER COUNTRIES, IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS, THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AND FURTHERANCE OF COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THROUGH READING AND LITERATURE-BASED ACTIVITIES
Grants received
55 grants · £11,792,596 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Postcode Support Trust · £3,700,000 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,237,440 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,050,150 (7 grants)
- Steve Morgan Foundation · £963,422 (2 grants)
- Guy's and St Thomas' Charity · £467,000
Most recent
- Postcode Support Trust
- Postcode Support Trust
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Anita Marsland Chair since 2019
- Dr Helen Willows since 2021
- Dr Ruth Hussey since 2018
- Jamiejohn Anderson since 2025
- Neil Atkinson since 2021
- Pauline Hughes since 2024
- Sarah Fletcher since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Anita Marsland Chair since 2019
- Dr Ruth Hussey since 2018
- Sarah Fletcher since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Anita Marsland Chair since 2019
- Dr Helen Willows since 2021
- Jamiejohn Anderson since 2025
- Neil Atkinson since 2021
- Pauline Hughes since 2024
- Sarah Fletcher since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Ruth Hussey since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1126806
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- INCORPORATED 02/06/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28/04/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 NOV 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 06607389 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07807106770 · info@thereader.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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