Registered charity · Southampton
Read Easy Southampton and Isle of Wight
The Object of the Charity is to advance the education of the adult public in literacy within the UK as agreed by Read Easy UK.
- 8 trustees
- Income £3k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alison Ruth FordChair · since 2024
- Allison WalkerTrustee · since 2024
- Elizabeth Anne BereTrustee · since 2024
- Hilary Jane FrancisTrustee · since 2024
- Linda Karen GatlandTrustee · since 2024
- Naomi Heather Iris ClarkeTrustee · since 2024
- Nicholas David MabeyTrustee · since 2024
- Rowena DimondTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Southampton City
- Website
- readeasy.org.uk/groups/southampton (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2025
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3k£7k
Charitable objects
The Object of the Charity is to advance the education of the adult public in literacy within the UK as agreed by Read Easy UK.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Alison Ruth Ford Chair since 2024
- Allison Walker since 2024
- Elizabeth Anne Bere since 2024
- Hilary Jane Francis since 2024
- Linda Karen Gatland since 2024
- Naomi Heather Iris Clarke since 2024
- Nicholas David Mabey since 2024
- Rowena Dimond since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alison Ruth Ford Chair since 2024
- Allison Walker since 2024
- Elizabeth Anne Bere since 2024
- Hilary Jane Francis since 2024
- Linda Karen Gatland since 2024
- Naomi Heather Iris Clarke since 2024
- Nicholas David Mabey since 2024
- Rowena Dimond since 2025
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1211966
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14 OCT 2024 as amended on 13 Oct 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07941691178 · southamptonteamleader@readeasy.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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