Calibre Audio

Registered charity 286614 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CALIBRE, CALIBRE AUDIO LIBRARY · also registered in Scotland as SC051461 (OSCR)

Calibre Audio brings the pleasure of reading to enrich the life quality and opportunities for people of all age groups with any print disability by providing access to audio books and content, and to raise awareness of related issues affecting such people

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £237,108 for the year, driven by lower-than-anticipated legacy income and reduced fundraising capacity. However, total funds increased significantly to £2,681,286 due to a non-cash revaluation gain of £2,475,576 on land and buildings. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources to meet obligations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Calibre Audio (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).

• National Lottery — “With generous support from:” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~21.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Howard Neadchair
• JOHN JAMES GODBER
• Kyriaki Achillea
• Melissa Coutinho
• Miles Edward Stevens-Hoare
• Robert Aldous

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

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 LISTENING BOOKS.

• LISTENING BOOKS income £1.1m
• CALICO ENTERPRISE LIMITED income £7.6m
• SCHOOLREADERS income £940k
• THE READER ORGANISATION income £4.6m
• WORLDREADER income £100k
• THE CALDER THEATRE BOOKSHOP income £107k

Side by side with its peers

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