01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 31 January 2025
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
- Latest income
- £2,829
- Latest expenditure
- £6,825
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 7 HANLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY, Southampton, SO15 5AP, SO15 5AP
Website recorded by the regulator: https://readeasy.org.uk/groups/southampton/ (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
We help adults who want to learn to read or to improve their skills and confidence with reading. We do this by training and supporting volunteer Coaches, matching them to Readers for confidential, one-to-one coaching using a well-evaluated phonics-based reading scheme. Readers who complete the scheme will be able to read at approximately Functional Skills Entry Level 3.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 July 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £2,829
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,825
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Hampshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Southampton City
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Isle Of Wight
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- READ EASY SOUTHAMPTON AND ISLE OF WIGHT
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2025-01-31T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14 OCT 2024 as amended on 13 Oct 2025
- 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.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling