READ FOR LIFE

Registered charity 1213172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Read for Life exists to break the generational cycle of low literacy in South Leeds. We provide free, one-to-one reading support for adults through trained volunteer reading coaches and work with community organisations to reach those most in need. Improved literacy increases confidence, employment opportunities and family wellbeing.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS IN READING, WRITING AND OTHER LITERACY SKILLS IN THE SOUTH LEEDS AREA.

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: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2k
Latest spending
£509
Registered
2025

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 1

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2k£509

Common questions

Who funds READ FOR LIFE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name READ FOR LIFE as a grant recipient include WOODLEIGH IMPACT.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WOODLEIGH IMPACTFY2023£40k
WOODLEIGH IMPACTFY2024£20k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2026£20kRead for Life