Literacy Volunteers

Analysis

Literacy Volunteers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Literacy Volunteers reported income of £123k and spending of £114k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £118k to £123k (+4.1%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Literacy Volunteers sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tassibee Project (£122k), The British Institute of Energy Economics (£123k) and The County Council of Dyfed Welsh Church Fund (£122k).