Read Academy Education

Analysis

Read Academy Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barking. It was registered in March 2014, 12 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 08813632). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Read Academy Education reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £907k to £1.3m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Read Academy 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Godolphin International Thoroughbred Leadership Programme Limited (£1.3m), The Careers Research and Advisory Centre (C R a C ) Limited (£1.4m) and The Institute of Economic Affairs Limited (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £425k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.