Central Readers' Council

Analysis

Central Readers' Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Central Readers' Council reported income of £104k and spending of £97k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £127k to £104k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Central Readers' Council sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% 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 Whirlow Grange Limited (£104k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James, Alperton (£104k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Mark, Clerkenwell (£103k).