QUEST FOR LEARNING

Registered charity 1107219 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as READING QUEST

WE HELP CHILDREN EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES WITH EARLY LITERACY AND NUMERACY TO IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS AND BECOME CONFIDENT AND ENTHUSIASTIC LEARNERS AT HOME AND SCHOOL. WE TEACH CHILDREN INDIVIDUALLY AND IN GROUPS ON TAILOR-MADE COURSES. WE MODEL OUR APPROACH AND SHARE IDEAS AND RESOURCES WITH THEIR PARENTS/CARERS. WE TRAIN TEACHERS AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS TO DELIVER BASIC SKILLS SUPPORT.

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Latest income
£188k
Latest spending
£180k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £7,372 after a previous deficit, with total income of £187,723 and expenditure of £180,351. Unrestricted reserves stood at £93,872, which the trustees consider appropriate against a policy target of six months' operating expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months (held: £94k)
“The trustees have established a reserves policy to maintain sufficient unrestricted reserves to enable the charity to meet its obligations for a period of up to six months in the event of an unexpected loss of income or disruption to delivery.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£188k£180k
31/07/2024£218k£285k
31/07/2023£326k£314k
31/07/2022£354k£287k
31/07/2021£268k£238k

Common questions

Is QUEST FOR LEARNING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity returned to a surplus of £7,372 after a previous deficit, with total income of £187,723 and expenditure of £180,351. Unrestricted reserves stood at £93,872, which the trustees consider appropriate against a policy target of six months' operating expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds QUEST FOR LEARNING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name QUEST FOR LEARNING as a grant recipient include LIFELINES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR EDUCATION, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST, THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LIFELINES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONFY2023£120k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2024£13kNumeracy support for disadvantaged primary pupils - UK
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2023£8kNumeracy support for disadvantaged primary pupils in Oxfordshire
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£7k
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£5k
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£5kNumeracy tuition for primary children
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£4kYouth
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2024£3kYear Group Donations
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITYFY2021£3kAdvancement of education
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2023£3kYear Group Donations
LIFELINES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONFY2021£3ktutoring support for children
THE HELEN ROLL CHARITYFY2022£2k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£2k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£2k
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2026£1k
THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable purposes in and around the City of Oxford
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kOther organisations
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kSingle payment
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATIONFY2025£1kChild and Youth
THE ROWSE FAMILY TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2024£750Pupil Donations
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALEFY2022£750
THE ROWSE FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£0
THE ROWSE FAMILY TRUSTFY2025£0
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022—
THE ROWSE FAMILY TRUSTFY2023—
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITYFY2025—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2010£286kThe East Oxford Children and Parents Learning Project
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2007£8kReading Quest Children's Treasure Hunt
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2006£118kCommunity Outreach and Resources