Help2read

Analysis

Help2read is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eye. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05425426). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Help2read reported income of £54k and spending of £65k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £92k to £54k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Help2read sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helga Todd Teachers' Education Foundation (£54k), 1st Prestbury Scout Group (£54k) and Haughley Playgroup (£54k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.