Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 7

Future income +5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 16

BOOKS BEYOND WORDS

Beyond Words seeks to enable people with intellectual disabilities and autism from all countries, cultures and languages to access our word-free picture stories and be empowered to live fuller lives. We publish wordless books in both print and digital formats, covering health conditions, relationships, safeguarding, sport, exercise and nutrition, community, crime & justice and the workplace.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£252,611	£255,523	£-2,912	6
31/03/22	£239,990	£310,062	£-70,072	15
31/03/21	£338,312	£298,117	£40,195	25
31/03/20	£300,431	£291,552	£8,879	50

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk

admin@booksbeyondwords.co.uk

01372234100

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Malta, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales, United States,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£348,503
City Bridge Trust	£25,000
The London Community Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Book Club Boxes-Community Book Clubs for people with disabilities /non readers
£348,503	24/07/2023	Funding will be used to create up to 300 new book clubs for people with learning disabilities or people who find reading difficult. The clubs will meet to ‘read’ picture-based word-free books ....more Funding will be used to create up to 300 new book clubs for people with learning disabilities or people who find reading difficult. The clubs will meet to ‘read’ picture-based word-free books helping participants improve communications skills supporting their health wellbeing and life satisfaction.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Books Beyond Words CIO
£10,000	15/12/2020	0
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Books Beyond Words CIO
£10,000	29/07/2020	This funding is for the development of a series of free wordless story resources to help adults with learning disabilities / autism to support their mental health recovery through the COVID-19 ....more This funding is for the development of a series of free wordless story resources to help adults with learning disabilities / autism to support their mental health recovery through the COVID-19 pandemic and to support the costs of organisation to provide support and resources to people with learning disabilities.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Books Beyond Words CIO
£15,000	05/06/2020	£15,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Books Beyond Words CIO
£73,696	18/12/2013	Towards enabling the organisation to build its reach and capacity, enabling more people with learning disabilities to access the books without words that it produces, assisting their understanding of ....more Towards enabling the organisation to build its reach and capacity, enabling more people with learning disabilities to access the books without words that it produces, assisting their understanding of complex situations.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/12 persons

KHURRUM BEG Appointed: 2021

NATALIYA TETRUYEVA Appointed: 2020

JOSEPHINE SARA LEPPARD Appointed: 2019

JOHN KELLY MA, LLB Appointed: 2019

KATHERINE SELIGMAN Appointed: 2022

LOUISA BARTOSZEK Appointed: 2020

PETER MAX FELIX Appointed: 2019

PROFESSOR IRENE TUFFREY-WIJNE PHD, RN Appointed: 2021

PROFESSOR KATHERINE ANNE RUNSWICK-COLE Appointed: 2022

PROFESSOR SHEILA CLARE HOLLINS FRCPSYCH (Chair) Appointed: 2019

TOBIAS STEED Appointed: 2020

MARK MALCOMSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: College Principal, Other trusteeships: THE CITY LITERARY INSTITUTE, C D W DAVIDSON BEQUEST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/06/2019, number: 1183942

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

43 High Street
LEATHERHEAD
Surrey
KT22 8AE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE OF ANY AGE WITH INTELLECTUAL/COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES AND AUTISM IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SKILLS AND PICTORIAL RESOURCES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES,SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING IN SUBJECTS OF EDUCATIONAL, AND/OR RECREATIONAL OR OCCUPATIONAL VALUE.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST HEALTH, CARE, FAITH AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS) ON THE SUBJECTS OF INTELLECTUAL AND COMMUNICATION DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH AND AUTISM AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THESE SUBJECTS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS.(3) TO ASSIST IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, ANY CHARITY IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE WHOSE AIMS INCLUDE ADVANCING EDUCATION, HEALTH AND WELLBEING, AND/OR REDUCING POVERTY OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF PERSONS OF ANY AGE WITH INTELLECTUAL/COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES AND AUTISM BY DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH HEALTH, OCCUPATIONAL, AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES.

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