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.
Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
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.
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.
- Michael Collischair
- Bethan Eddy
- Charlotte Stafford
- Graham Stamper
- Maggi Jameson
- Melanie Cope
- Paul Hughes
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
Common questions
Is LITERACY VOLUNTEERS financially healthy?
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. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds LITERACY VOLUNTEERS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LITERACY VOLUNTEERS as a grant recipient include THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY, THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUST, THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST, BGF FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.
Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CENTRE FOR LITERACY IN PRIMARY EDUCATION.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.