Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 16

CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT

Our object is to advance education of children up to the age of 14 by supplying books to children who would not otherwise be able to afford them and by encouraging reading through community reading events.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/06/23	£192,795	£129,484	£63,311	2,030
30/06/22	£81,612	£69,677	£11,935	500
30/06/21?	£58,970	£39,737	£19,233	3,000
31/03/20	£16,323	£8,108	£8,215	350

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.childrensbookproject.co.uk

liberty@childrensbookproject.co.uk

07968064118

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2,030 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Foyle Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£7,452
Garfield Weston Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	19/02/2021	Children’s Book Project, National Expansion
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000	11/02/2021	towards core costs (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - 2020 growth (additional 50% in schools)
£7,452	23/01/2020 10	The funding will be used to carry out providing book huts for local schools. The project aims to encourage reading in children of the community by giving access to books.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTOPHER PAUL SHEPARD Appointed: 2019

ELIZABETH ANN NORTON Appointed: 2022

KATHRYN SLOGGETT (Chair) Appointed: 2022

LISA HARRINGTON Appointed: 2022

RANDI SAX HOLST Appointed: 2019

ANTHONY MANNIX Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: AT THE BUS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/2019, number: 1183092

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

25 Bassein Park Road
LONDON
W12 9RN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 14 BY SUPPLYING BOOKS TO CHILDREN WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEM AND BY ENCOURAGING READING THROUGH COMMUNITY READING EVENTS

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