THE READER ORGANISATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-16 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£689K
-38.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-5.7% vs 2024
Employees
175
-3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£296K
+52.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,800,694 | £1,897,650 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£627,238 | -£296,422 | |
| Net profit | -£627,238 | -£296,422 | |
| Cash | £1,113,776 | £688,717 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,231,450 | £4,935,028 | |
| Net assets | £5,231,450 | £4,935,028 | |
| Equity | £5,231,450 | £4,935,028 | |
| Average employees | 181 | 175 | |
| Wages | £2,910,578 | £2,838,637 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -34.8% | -15.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.0% | 11.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.63x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- THE READER ORGANISATION · parent
- Calderstones Mansion House CIC
Significant events
- “Launched new partnerships with YMCA RISE recovery services, Tower Hamlets Virtual School and Mersey Forest.”
- “Criminal Justice contract expanded to a total of 32 settings across the UK.”
- “Launched our second Christmas Appeal, raising £9,566,84 (+11.8%) to support our Shared Reading groups for people living with dementia.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Jennifer Anne | Secretary | 2018-05-16 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Jamie John | Director | 2025-11-20 | Sep 1982 | British |
| ATKINSON, Neil Edward | Director | 2021-05-17 | Jan 1981 | British |
| FLETCHER, Sarah Louise | Director | 2020-09-14 | May 1978 | British |
| HUGHES, Pauline Olivia | Director | 2024-11-21 | Jul 1974 | British |
| HUSSEY, Ruth Mary, Dr | Director | 2018-11-12 | Apr 1956 | British |
| MARSLAND, Anita Susan | Director | 2019-09-09 | Aug 1952 | Welsh |
| WILLOWS, Helen, Dr | Director | 2021-05-17 | Aug 1957 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATTERALL, Christopher | Secretary | 2009-09-10 | 2010-06-02 |
| FORREST, Jill | Secretary | 2008-06-02 | 2009-09-10 |
| GILLING, Zoe | Secretary | 2010-06-02 | 2014-10-29 |
| SCOTT-WILLIAMS, Ruth Selina | Secretary | 2014-10-29 | 2017-03-06 |
| WILSON, Helen Elizabeth Clare | Secretary | 2017-03-06 | 2018-05-16 |
| ALAKE, Olukayodele | Director | 2021-05-17 | 2024-03-21 |
| ANSTEY, Kathy Mary | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2019-09-09 |
| BARBER, Simon | Director | 2013-11-27 | 2018-01-04 |
| BIDDELL, Hugh John | Director | 2015-10-19 | 2024-08-30 |
| BRAND, Giles Robert | Director | 2014-10-29 | 2020-11-17 |
| BURNS, Josephine Barbara Shiach | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2012-07-16 |
| CHARTERIS, Susan | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2013-03-14 |
| DAVIES, Phillip Leslie | Director | 2019-02-11 | 2025-06-06 |
| DAVIS, Philip Maurice, Professor | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2017-05-08 |
| DAVIS, Philip Maurice, Professor | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2011-09-20 |
| DENTON, Brian | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2013-11-27 |
| DYER, Lindsey Eanswythe | Director | 2014-04-16 | 2015-10-19 |
| DYER, Lindsey Eanswythe | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2013-02-18 |
| FEARON, Rebecca Gaenor | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2009-09-10 |
| FLAMSON, John Robert | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2019-05-21 |
| HAMILTON, Jennifer, Dr | Director | 2021-05-17 | 2022-09-01 |
| HAWKINS, Stephen Ronald | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2014-10-29 |
| HAWLEY, Rosemary Helen | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2021-11-23 |
| HOLDEN, Lawrence | Director | 2010-03-11 | 2015-10-19 |
| JONES, Christopher Charles | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2009-09-10 |
| LEVIN, David | Director | 2015-10-19 | 2017-11-23 |
| MATHIESON, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2009-09-10 |
| MORRISON, Philip Blake, Dr | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2010-06-02 |
| MUKHERJEE, Shyamal | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2018-06-18 |
| PHILLIPS, Roger Nelson, Mr. | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2015-10-19 |
| RABINDRAKUMAR, Geethanjali | Director | 2018-05-16 | 2020-11-17 |
| RUDD, Gillian | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2011-04-20 |
| RUTHERFORD, Susan Janet | Director | 2013-01-16 | 2016-02-15 |
| RUTHERFORD, Susan | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2012-02-01 |
| SOOD, Pranav Kumar | Director | 2019-05-20 | 2026-05-11 |
| TAMMENOMS BAKKER, Jacqueline Anne | Director | 2015-04-15 | 2018-11-01 |
| WADESON, Ivan Timothy | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2010-06-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+5.4%
£1,800,694 £1,897,650
-
Cash
-38.2%
£1,113,776 £688,717
-
Net assets
-5.7%
£5,231,450 £4,935,028
-
Employees
-3.3%
181 175
-
Profit before tax
+52.7%
-£627,238 -£296,422
-
Wages
-2.5%
£2,910,578 £2,838,637
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers