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Registered charity · Suffolk

GOT to Read

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £20k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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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

6.4y median 8y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 8Dormant 1Health and social care 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£20k latest income

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
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