The London Reading Centre

Analysis

The London Reading Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The London Reading Centre reported income of £104k and spending of £106k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £101k to £104k (+2.4%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The London Reading Centre 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 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Mary's Lenham PCC (£103k), Leyland Playscheme (£104k) and Olive Branch Counselling (£103k).