# THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1116260
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 3, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1116260


## Contact

- **Address:** NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST, 1ST FLOOR, 68 SOUTH LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW8 1RL
- **Phone:** 02075871842
- **Email:** contact@literacytrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.literacytrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN READING, WRITING AND OTHER LITERACY SKILLS.

**Activities:** We are an independent charity that transforms lives through literacy. We improve reading, writing, speaking and listening in communities where poverty is on the increase and literacy levels are low. Our research and analysis make us the leading authority on literacy and drive our interventions. Our work is focused on critical moments in literacy development when we can make the greatest impact.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £14270653 | £14396859 | £3704462 | 202 |
| March 31, 2024 | £12050441 | £12565119 | £3830668 | 178 |
| March 31, 2023 | £10529351 | £10938045 | £4345346 | 145 |
| March 31, 2022 | £9067018 | £7242754 | £4754040 | 112 |
| March 31, 2021 | £7083885 | £6387390 | £2929776 | 109 |



## Trustees

- **Joanna Prior** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 8, 2022
- Bradley Martin Keast — appointed May 7, 2025
- Catherine Ann Rose — appointed June 1, 2025
- Gabrielle Helen Louise Huddart — appointed Oct. 22, 2024
- Hilary Ineomo-Marcus — appointed May 20, 2024
- Jasmine Richards — appointed Oct. 12, 2025
- Kersten Elizabeth England — appointed Oct. 6, 2023
- Louise Doughty — appointed Feb. 27, 2025
- Matthew Anthony Wilson Bradbury — appointed July 20, 2022
- Professor Michelle Money — appointed May 26, 2022
- Rachel Laura Hopcroft — appointed May 20, 2024