READING EDGE AFRICA

Registered charity 1161361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REA

We set up study groups through which we provide literacy training to pupils struggling to read and write in Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone. We also make available culturally appropriate reading materials for the pupils in these countries. We also provide training to teachers on bespoke methods of teaching reading and writing skills.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN AFRICA OR WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AS A FIRST LANGUAGE IN THE SUBJECT OF LITERACY, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SETTING UP LITERACY PROGRAMMES, ENHANCING THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE, TRAINING TEACHERS TO ENABLE THEM TO BETTER TEACH LITERACY AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER CHARITIES, BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS AS APPROPRIATE TO PROMOTE READING AND LITERACY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: North Tyneside, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Volunteer management

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 01/11/2026, 1 day after the 31/10/2026 due date).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• JOSEPH AKINYEMIchair
• Abiodun Adesanya · trustee of 1 other charity
• FUNMI VICTORIA AKINYEMI
• OLAYEMI ADESANYA

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

Operates in: Liberia · Nigeria · Sierra Leone

Income and spending