HELP2READ

Registered charity 1109567 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOSS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

The promotion of literacy in South Africa to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £9,500 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its unrestricted funds to £32,077. The trustees consider the remaining cash resources of £18,579 to be sufficient to cover running costs for 2025, confirming the entity is a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — help2read (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Allan Gray Orbis Foundation — “HELP2READ SOUTH AFRICA DONORS Allan Gray Orbis Foundation” (source page)
• Amazon — “Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Amazon” (source page)
• Anglo American Chairman’s Fund — “Amazon Anglo American Chairman’s Fund” (source page)
• Apexhi Charitable Trust — “Anglo American Chairman’s Fund Apexhi Charitable Trust” (source page)
• BinaryDigital — “Apexhi Charitable Trust BinaryDigital” (source page)
• De Beers Trust — “BinaryDigital De Beers Trust” (source page)
• David Graaff Trust — “De Beers Trust David Graaff Trust” (source page)
• Dopphio Zero — “David Graaff Trust Dopphio Zero” (source page)
• Dunnhumby — “Dopphio Zero Dunnhumby” (source page)
• Goldman Sachs — “FC Carter Goldman Sachs” (source page)
• Grid Metals — “Goldman Sachs Grid Metals” (source page)
• HCI Foundation — “Grid Metals HCI Foundation” (source page)
• Hogan Lovells YES Initiative 2019 — “HCI Foundation Hogan Lovells YES Initiative 2019” (source page)
• Insika Foundation- Community Works Programme — “Hogan Lovells YES Initiative 2019 Insika Foundation- Community Works Programme” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Pardoe
• Emma Jane Marjorie Franklin
• Ian Rory Douglas
• Sharon Lesley Constancon

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: South Africa

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.