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THE READER ORGANISATION

Registered charity 1126806 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC043054 (OSCR)

Latest income
£4.6m
Latest spending
£4.9m
Registered
2008

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.6m
Total spending
£4.9m
Cost of raising funds
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£306k
Employees
175

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.6m£4.9m
31/03/2024£4.4m£5.0m
31/03/2023£4.2m£4.9m
31/03/2022£4.1m£4.2m
31/03/2021£3.6m£3.5m

Common questions

Who funds THE READER ORGANISATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE READER ORGANISATION as a grant recipient include THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, HIGHWAY ONE TRUST, THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND, SKELTON BOUNTY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2023£35k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUSTFY2025£4k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2024£4k
SKELTON BOUNTYFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery13/02/2025£900kRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£900kRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery16/02/2023£1.0mRegular Grant 2023
Postcode Lottery01/02/2022£900kRegular Grant 2022
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/10/2021£243k"Making Meaning at Calderstones"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/03/2014£2.0m"The Reader at Calderstones"