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READ EASY UK

Registered charity 1151288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REUK

The object of the charity is 'to advance the education of the adult public in literacy'.Read Easy UK is an umbrella organisation that works to promote and support its model of volunteer-run, adult literacy 'groups'. Each locally-run, affiliated Read Easy group provides one-to-one reading coaching for adults with reading difficulties, using trained volunteer reading coaches.

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Latest income
£463k
Latest spending
£384k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £78,817, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £129,449. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves represents 4.05 months of operating costs, which falls within the stated policy target of three to nine months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Read Easy UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

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
30/09/2025£463k£384k
30/09/2024£431k£441k
30/09/2023£393k£466k
30/09/2022£275k£396k
30/09/2021£385k£290k

Common questions

Is READ EASY UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £78,817, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £129,449. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves represents 4.05 months of operating costs, which falls within the stated policy target of three to nine months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds READ EASY UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name READ EASY UK as a grant recipient include JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST, MAN GROUP PLC CHARITABLE TRUST, DOVEDALE, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£51kAdult literacy capacity building
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£50kAdult literacy capacity building
MAN GROUP PLC CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£50k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50kAdult literacy capacity building
MAN GROUP PLC CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50k
MAN GROUP PLC CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£42k
DOVEDALEFY2024£30k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25k
DOVEDALEFY2022£25kAdvancement of education through the arts
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2021£25kGrants
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2022£20kEducation
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2022£15k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
DOVEDALEFY2023£10kAdvancement of education through the arts
THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
DOVEDALEFY2021£10kAdvancement of education through the arts
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£9k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2024£5kDisability
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2023£4kChildren
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2024£4k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kEducation
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE JOICEY TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kEducation and Training
THE W H SMITH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£1k
R. DAPHNE PLUNKET CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£350
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£200
THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUSTFY2025£0
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East17/07/2025£4kGrant to Read Easy Gateshead & South Tyneside
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2024£4kReading changes lives !
The National Lottery Community Fund06/06/2024£3kRead Easy
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2024£6kRead Easy Bridport Expansion Project
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2023£10kA digital community project to help adults learn to read in rural Cornwall.
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council31/07/2022£1kVoluntary Sector Grant to Read Easy
One Manchester08/10/2021£250Reading classes
Stockport MBC01/02/2021£3kGrant to Read Easy Stockport
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£5kReader recruitment campaign
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2018£9kExpansion of Read Easy Bristol