Let's Talk Reading

Analysis

Let's Talk Reading is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Let's Talk Reading reported income of £35k and spending of £81k, spending 227% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £27k to £35k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 590%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Let's Talk Reading sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Air Safety Trust (£35k), 1st Lytchett Minster Scout Group (£35k) and The Friends of Suttons Primary School (£35k).