Ready Listener

Analysis

Ready Listener is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05313544). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Ready Listener reported income of £22k and spending of £3,845, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £42k to £22k (-49%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ready Listener sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Love Arena (£22k), Padstow Masonic Charity Trust (£22k) and The Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks' Charity Incorporating the Signe Trust (£22k).