LITERACY VOLUNTEERS

Registered charity 1167357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO is to advance the education of children, adults and families by helping those experiencing difficulties in acquiring literacy skills. We aim to support children and adults to develop a genuine interest and love of reading for pleasure. We aim to develop and promote speech, language, communication, confidence, self esteem, literacy and strategies for learning in the home.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, ADULTS AND FAMILIES BY HELPING THOSE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN ACQUIRING LITERACY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

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: Nottingham, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable balance sheet with unrestricted cash assets of £172,120 at the end of the period. The trustees have designated £50,000 of these funds as reserves to cover operating expenditure and redundancy payments, aligning with their stated policy of holding three months of expenditure. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Literacy Volunteers (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Nottingham County Council — “Literacy Volunteers has applied and received grant support from Nottingham County Council through the Community Grant Award Scheme.” (source page)
• Nottingham City Council — “Nottingham City Council have continued to support Literacy Volunteers over the years with IT support and office space.” (source page)
• Literacy Capital Asset Management LLP — “They recently generously donated to Literacy Volunteers to help support our aims in Nottinghamshire.” (source page)
• Breeze Corporate Finance Ltd — “Breeze Corporate Finance has provided generous donations to the charity.” (source page)
• Maven — “The partners have supported the charity by making a recent generous donation to a recent fund raising event.” (source page)
• Clearwater International — “The partners at Clearwater have given generously to our recent fund raising event.” (source page)
• Fullbrook Thorpe Investments LLP — “Fullbrook Thorpe Investments LLP is an independent private equity fund based in Derbyshire, they provide a range of funding options for ambi…” (source page)
• Bishopgate Corporate Finance — “The partners at Bishopgate Corporate Finance have given generously to our recent fund raising event.” (source page)
• Small Steps Big Changes — “Small Steps Big Changes (SSBC) is a programme of activities designed to give every child the best start in life. We are funded through the N…” (source page)
• Nottinghamshire Freemasons — “We were chosen as one of Nottinghamshire Grand Lodge Freemason’s charities to support in 2023 with a generous donation towards our Early Yea…” (source page)
• The Wesleyan Foundation — “We are delighted to have received a grant from The Wesleyan Community Fund in Nottinghamshire.” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “We are excited to share that we’ve received funding from The National Lottery Community Fund for our early year’s project Learning To Love B…” (source page)
• Charles Littlewood Trust — “We would like to say a big THANK YOU to all the fantastic companies, organisations and individuals who have generously supported us over the…” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Collischair
• Arthur David Thomas
• Charlotte Stafford
• Graham Stamper
• Maggi Jameson
• Melanie Cope
• Paul Hughes
• Susan Marriott

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COGS PREPARES 4 LIFE CIO.

• COGS PREPARES 4 LIFE CIO income £44k
• LSSP income £907k
• FALLOWFIELD LIBRARY & COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE income £178k
• THE NETWORK CIO income £152k
• BE KIND MOVEMENT income £38k
• PROGRAMME FOR APPLIED CHRISTIAN EDUCATION income £169k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.