Registered charity 1205439

The Literacy Initiative

What it does

The Literacy initiative is an international literacy charity. We develop written forms (orthographies) of minority languages; teach languages to local language communities; enable communities to produce materials (like books) in their languages; and help those communities 'bridge' so they can also read and write in languages of wider communication.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (OBJECTS) ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(A) IDENTIFYING PEOPLE GROUPS WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE EXISTS ONLY IN SPOKEN FORM;(B) DEVELOPING A WRITTEN FORM OF THAT LANGUAGE; (C) TEACHING THE WRITTEN FORM OF THAT LANGUAGE TO MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE GROUP; AND(D) TEACHING THE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN FORMS OF ANY LANGUAGES OF WIDER COMMUNICATION USED IN THAT REGION TO MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE GROUPWHETHER DIRECTLY OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHERS AND IN EACH CASE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE STANDARDS OF LITERACY AMONG THE PEOPLE USING THAT LANGUAGE.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Who it helps: People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
How it works: Provides advocacy, advice or information
Sponsors or carries out research

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Pakistan
Nepal
India

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £84,781 and spent £14,712.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

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Spending against income: It spent 17% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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In the Senedd and Welsh Government

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

24 September 2024
Named in a written question from Janet Finch-Saunders
Addressed to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs.
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Trustees

3 trustees run the charity.

Clive James BaconChairAppointed 26 October 2023
David John KirbyAppointed 12 September 2026
Manoj Joseph MathewAppointed 26 October 2023

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 31 December 2025, 31 days early	Received 31 December 2025

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1205439
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 26 October 2023
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Oct 2023
Website: www.theliteracyinitiative.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Caerphilly

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 18 April 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.
In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 31 December 2025, 31 days early

Received 31 December 2025