Assisting Berkshire Children to Read

Analysis

Assisting Berkshire Children to Read is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in August 2019, 7 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 provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Assisting Berkshire Children to Read reported income of £179k and spending of £147k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £109k to £179k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Assisting Berkshire Children to Read sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bright Sparks Nursery (St. Peter's Church, Ipswich) (£179k), Grove Road Pre-School (£179k) and Quarndon Preschool (£179k).