Assisted Reading for Children

Analysis

Assisted Reading for Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxon. It was registered in March 2012, 14 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 07962217). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Assisted Reading for Children reported income of £199k and spending of £210k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £166k to £199k (+19%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. 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, Assisted Reading for Children sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Charity of Hervey and Elizabeth Ekins (£199k), The Polish Saturday School in Manchester (£199k) and Acton Playgroup (£199k).

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.