The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Worldreader

Registered charity 1158030 CIO Registered since 2014

Operates: Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia

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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.

6 trustees on the board

8.7y median 9y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

3
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 6General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Professional services 6Education 5Finance 3

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£100k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.worldreader.org
Emailinfo@worldreader.org
Phone+34930131276
Address20 DARTMOUTH PARK ROAD, LONDON, NW5 1SX

Finances

£100,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£36,374£223,700
2022£116,951£163,777
2023£67,635£31,843
2024£9,391£66,391
2025£100,000£37,377

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE (I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND (II) THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY OR HARDSHIP, IN EACH CASE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) MAKING DIGITAL BOOKS AND MATERIALS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES; AND(2) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING INITIATIVES THAT USE NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO WRITTEN MATERIALS.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 28 Jul 2014

Trustees (6)

6trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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