Registered charity · Suffolk
GOT to Read
- 7 trustees
- Income £20k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- KAY Elizabeth McelhinneyChair · since 2013
- Angela Gillian GageTrustee · since 2017
- Cindy LawesTrustee · since 2021
- Dulcie Maria BeamontTrustee · since 2025
- Jean DriscollTrustee · since 2026
- Sandra Kathleen TaylorTrustee · since 2018
- Theo ClarkeTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- Suffolk East Federation of Women's Institutes · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.gottoread.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- GOT to Read
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£20k£5k
- 2024£2k£4k
- 2023£765£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£8k£4k
- 2021£1k£2k
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECT ("OBJECT") IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY RAISING LEVELS OF LITERACY AND PROMOTION OF READING FOR ENJOYMENT THROUGH: 1.CREATING AND FACILITATING CONDITIONS WHERE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS IN A COMMUNITY CAN WORK TOGETHER, MAKING BEST USE OF RESOURCES TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES READING AND LITERACY 2.PROMOTING THE VALUE OF READING IN THE HOME AND ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING FAMILY MEMBERS AND CARERS TO READ WITH THEIR CHILDREN 3.PROVIDING INFORMATION AND TRAINING TO GIVE PEOPLE THE SKILLS, CONFIDENCE AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES OR OTHERS 4.DEVELOPING CAMPAIGNS AND/OR READING PROMOTIONS WHICH GENERATE POSITIVE MESSAGES ABOUT READING AND LITERACY AND RAISE ASPIRATIONS IN INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES. THE PROVISION OF SERVICES WILL BE FOR PEOPLE OF ANY AGE AND ANY BACKGROUND.
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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
- KAY Elizabeth Mcelhinney Chair since 2013
- Angela Gillian Gage since 2017
- Cindy Lawes since 2021
- Dulcie Maria Beamont since 2025
- Jean Driscoll since 2026
- Sandra Kathleen Taylor since 2018
- Theo Clarke since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- KAY Elizabeth Mcelhinney Chair since 2013
- Angela Gillian Gage since 2017
- Sandra Kathleen Taylor since 2018
- Theo Clarke since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- KAY Elizabeth Mcelhinney Chair since 2013
- Angela Gillian Gage since 2017
- Dulcie Maria Beamont since 2025
- Jean Driscoll since 2026
- Sandra Kathleen Taylor since 2018
- Theo Clarke since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Cindy Lawes since 2021
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1154720
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 NOV 2011 as amended on 01 Apr 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 07857003 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07528147654 · info@gottoread.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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