Read Easy UK
Analysis
Read Easy UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.
In the financial year ending September 2025, Read Easy UK reported income of £463k and spending of £384k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £385k to £463k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.
Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Read Easy UK sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burwood Preschool (£461k), Give a Book (£463k) and Avanti Education Limited (£460k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The object of the charity is 'to advance the education of the adult public in literacy'.Read Easy UK is an umbrella organisation that works to promote and support its model of volunteer-run, adult literacy 'groups'. Each locally-run, affiliated Read Easy group provides one-to-one reading coaching for adults with reading difficulties, using trained volunteer reading coaches.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Burwood Preschool | Walton-On-Thames | £461k |
| Give a Book | London | £463k |
| Avanti Education Limited | Edgware | £460k |
| Gesgb | Hertfordshire | £463k |