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Read - the Reading Agency

Primary education

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 39

  1. Baroness Elizabeth Jenny Rosemary Sanderson 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Vera Owen 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. James Craig Sanderson 2021-2024 Director View profile
  4. Jonathan Paul Francis Fildes 2018-2021 Director View profile
  5. Paula Cocozza 2018-2023 Director View profile
  6. Miki Yasha Lentin 2018-2021 Director View profile
  7. Hannah Telfer 2018-2023 Director View profile
  8. Subnum Hariff-Khan 2018-2023 Director View profile
  9. Pauline Sara Jo Moyes 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. Sarah Jane Mears 2017-2018 Director View profile
  11. Matthew David Littleford 2017-2024 Director View profile
  12. Alix Langley 2014-2023 Director View profile
  13. Anthony John Durcan 2013-2023 Director View profile
  14. Mark Seaman 2012-2018 Director View profile
  15. Jane Marriott 2011-2018 Director View profile
  16. Tom Moody-Stuart 2011-2024 Director View profile
  17. Jennifer Mary Stevens 2009-2018 Director View profile
  18. Joseph O'Reilly 2009-2011 Director View profile
  19. John Forster Brown 2009-2018 Director View profile
  20. John Readman 2009-2011 Director View profile
  21. Elizabeth Rose Cleaver 2008-2017 Director View profile
  22. Janene Cox 2008-2017 Director View profile
  23. Nicola Jane Parker 2006-2013 Director View profile
  24. Richard George Osmond 2002-2005 Director View profile
  25. Elizabeth Margaret Attenborough 2002-2005 Director View profile
  26. Vivien Margaret Griffiths 2002-2015 Director View profile
  27. Nicolette Camila Jones 2002-2009 Director View profile
  28. Martin John Molloy 2002-2009 Director View profile
  29. Catherine Rebecca Johnson 2002-2007 Director View profile
  30. Neil Mcclelland 2002-2006 Director View profile
  31. Stephen Dearden 2001-2002 Director View profile
  32. Julia Strong 2000-2002 Director View profile
  33. Elizabeth Warnes 2000-2004 Director View profile
  34. Susan Imogen Hawker 2000-2008 Director View profile
  35. Lucille Rosina Love 2000-2002 Director View profile
  36. Ruth Harrison 2000-2001 Director View profile
  37. Honor Jean Wilson-Fletcher 2000-2009 Director View profile
  38. Martin Wright 2002-2009 Secretary View profile
  39. Malcolm Charles John Leatherdale 2000-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Primary education; General secondary education; Technical and vocational secondary education
Incorporated
11/01/2000
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
Read - the Reading Agency
Previous names
The Reading Agency for Libraries (until 16/01/2008)

Grants received

10 grants · £6,427,388 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,133,282 (5 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £994,106 (4 grants)
  • St Paul's Schools Foundation · £300,000

Most recent

  • St Paul's Schools Foundation £300,0002024-09-25
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £185,0002021-11-22
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £484,1412020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £450,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £3,530,0002020-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

12 directors on the board

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
8.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (9)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Tech and media 22Finance 6Professional services 3Retail and trade 3Business services 2Arts and leisure 1Education 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03904882
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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