Charchar Literacy

Analysis

Charchar Literacy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in November 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Charchar Literacy reported income of £124k and spending of £113k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2025, income grew from £61k to £124k (+102%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Charchar Literacy sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnabas Fellowship of Churches Trust (£124k), Celestial Church of Christ Sidcup Kent Parish (£124k) and Housing People Building Communities (£124k).