Registered charity (CIO) · Wallsend
Reading Edge Africa
Reading Edge Africa is a registered charity (number 1161361) based in Wallsend, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Joseph Akinyemi since 2014. Latest income £3k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as REA (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £3k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Where
- Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone
- Website
- www.readingedgeafrica.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£3k£0
- 2023£3k£0
- 2022£3k£0
Earlier years
- 2021£3k£0
- 2020£2k£0
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN AFRICA OR WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AS A FIRST LANGUAGE IN THE SUBJECT OF LITERACY, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SETTING UP LITERACY PROGRAMMES, ENHANCING THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE, TRAINING TEACHERS TO ENABLE THEM TO BETTER TEACH LITERACY AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER CHARITIES, BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS AS APPROPRIATE TO PROMOTE READING AND LITERACY.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Joseph Akinyemi Chair since 2014
- Abiodun Adesanya since 2014
- Funmi Victoria Akinyemi since 2014
- Olayemi Adesanya since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Joseph Akinyemi Chair since 2014
- Abiodun Adesanya since 2014
- Funmi Victoria Akinyemi since 2014
- Olayemi Adesanya since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Joseph Akinyemi Chair since 2014
- Funmi Victoria Akinyemi since 2014
- Olayemi Adesanya since 2014
Portfolio (1)
- Abiodun Adesanya since 2014
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1161361
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Association Registered 21 Apr 2015
- Contact on the register
- 01912638001 · ReadingEdgeAfrica@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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