The North Lincolnshire Children's Literacy Trust

Analysis

The North Lincolnshire Children's Literacy Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scunthorpe. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The North Lincolnshire Children's Literacy Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £48k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,393 to £46k (+3196%), an average of +140% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 2887%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The North Lincolnshire Children's Literacy Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Treatment Bag CIO (£46k), Middlesbrough First (£46k) and Crosby Group Riding for the Disabled Association (£46k).