Overall GiG Score: -9 ?
Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified

THE BOOK BUS FOUNDATION 

The Book Bus aims to improve child literacy rates in Africa by providing children with books and the inspiration to read them. We provide a mobile library service to remote and disadvantaged schools in Zambia and recruit staff and volunteer reading assistants who introduce children (and their parents) to the joy of reading.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 17 years

www.thebookbus.org

info@thebookbus.org

02080999280

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
01/04/23£67£73£-6n/an/an/an/an/a1
01/04/22*£59£82£-23n/an/an/an/an/a0
01/04/21*£43£75£-31n/an/an/an/an/a2
01/04/20£108£118£-10n/an/an/an/an/a0
01/04/19£147£127£20n/an/an/an/an/a25
01/04/18*£156£140£17£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/17*£132£132£0£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/16£131£123£8£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/15*£66£69£-4£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/14*£55£44£12£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/13£38£47£-8£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/12*£41£32£9£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/11*£43£22£20£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/10*£34£43£-9£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/09£13£41£-28£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/08*£41£7£35£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 1 volunteer
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London, Zambia,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/12/2006, number: 1117357
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR22: 236 days late, AR21: 163 days late, AR18: 4 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR15: 206 days late, AR14: 67 days late, AR12: 116 days late, AR11: 184 days late, AR10: 196 days late, AR08: 132 days late,
Main office

11 THE ORCHARD
MONTPELIER ROAD
LONDON
W5 2QW

Objectives

TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, PROMOTE READING SKILLS AND PROVIDE SCHOOL BOOKS AND SIMILAR EQUIPMENT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN AFRICA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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