The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The National Literacy Trust

Registered charity 1116260 Registered since 2006

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 11Economic/community Development/employment 10Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 16Arts and leisure 8Other services 5

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£14.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

202 from 109 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
10%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.literacytrust.org.uk
Emailcontact@literacytrust.org.uk
Phone02075871842
AddressNATIONAL LITERACY TRUST, 1ST FLOOR, 68 SOUTH LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, SW8 1RL

Finances

£14,270,653 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,083,885£6,387,390
2022£9,067,018£7,242,754
2023£10,529,351£10,938,045
2024£12,050,441£12,565,119
2025£14,270,653£14,396,859

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

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

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 JUNE 2006 as amended on 11 Jun 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The National Literacy Trust · 05836486 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/06/2006

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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