The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education

Analysis

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04385537). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.0m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £1.0m (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute for Voluntary Action Research (£1.0m), Artis Foundation (£1.0m) and Stanford Foundation (UK) Limited (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, trading 13% and donations and legacies 11%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £30k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.