The Queen's Reading Room

Registered charity 1201916 CIO Registered since 2023

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, United States, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

2.5y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

9.4y

average years in governance

4 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1

Commercial experience

Finance 5Property 4Other services 3

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Contact

Website	www.thequeensreadingroom.co.uk
Email	info@thequeensreadingroom.co.uk
Phone	07706084308
Address	Wedlake Bell Llp, 71 Queen Victoria Street, LONDON, EC4V 4AY

Finances

£658,992 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2024	£1,142,228	£506,426
2025	£658,992	£616,335

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

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Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: - PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE BY INTRODUCING CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO THE WORKS OF A DIVERSE RANGE OF AUTHORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, WHICH HAVE EDUCATIVE AND LITERARY OR HISTORIC MERIT; - COLLABORATING WITH AND SUPPORTING OTHER LITERACY CHARITIES; AND - SUCH OTHER MEANS ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 13 Feb 2023

Trustees (5)

5trustees

55median age

0aged 70+

Amanda Felicity Mackenzie LVO, OBEage 62 Chair
Aatif Naveed Hassanage 47 since 2023
Amanda Madeleine Macmanus CVO since 2023
Gyles Brandreth since 2023
Sir Michael Stevens since 2025

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Dukes Foundation 1 shared trustee

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