Bookmark Reading Charity

Analysis

Bookmark Reading Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2018, 8 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 11104438). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bookmark Reading Charity reported income of £4.1m and spending of £4.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £4.1m (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bookmark Reading Charity sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pate's Grammar School Foundation (£4.0m), The Camelia Botnar Foundation (£4.1m) and The London Mathematical Society (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £497k. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.