Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 18

WORLD BOOK DAY LIMITED

The object of the Charity is to advance the education of the public, particularly by assisting in the promotion of reading among children and young people. The Charity will particularly promote World Book Day, which shall comprise a series of events each year, or any other such event, the purpose of which is to promote and encourage reading among children and young people

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

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
30/06/23		£910	£899	£11	£0	£269	£249	3.3	4
30/06/22		£795	£890	£-95	£0	£258	£221	3	3
30/06/21		£739	£696	£44	£0	£353	£209	3.6	2
30/06/20		£773	£697	£77	£0	£309	£210	3.6	2
30/06/19		£674	£606	£68	£0	£232	£232	4.6	0
30/06/18		£682	£600	£82	£0	£165	£165	3.3	0
30/06/17		£523	£509	£14	£0	£83	£83	2	0
30/06/16		£514	£544	£-30	£0	£69	£69	1.5	0
30/06/15		£735	£738	£-3	£16	£98	£98	1.6	0
30/06/14		£885	£873	£12	£15	£101	£101	1.4	0
30/06/13		£817	£843	£-26	£16	£89	£89	1.3	0
30/06/12		£778	£883	£-106	£13	£115	£115	1.6	0
30/06/11		£505	£517	£-11	£20	£221	£221	5.1	0
30/06/10		£632	£600	£32	£11	£232	£232	4.6	0
30/06/09		£642	£625	£17	£11	£200	£200	3.8	0
30/06/08		£587	£505	£81	£100	£183	£183	4.4	0
30/06/07		£586	£518	£67	£527	£102	£102	2.4	0
30/06/06		£572	£645	£-73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/05		£528	£521	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/04	*	£603	£594	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 3.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 4.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 24 years

www.worldbookday.com

alan.staton@booksellers.org.uk

02074214640

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

4 employees

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to World Book Day
£45,000	06/07/2023	To provide Reading for Pleasure teaching resources to all educational settings in the UK.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£40,000	20/09/2022	to support the transition of World Book Day from a day's celebration into a year round charitable cause
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to World Book Day
£190,000	12/05/2020 37	To develop and provide evidence-based reading for pleasure teaching resources under the highly successful, popular and accessible World Book Day brand for all educational settings in the UK, ....more To develop and provide evidence-based reading for pleasure teaching resources under the highly successful, popular and accessible World Book Day brand for all educational settings in the UK, particularly those with limited time and resource.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-66

DANIEL CONWAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Executive

EMMA SCOTT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive

NICOLE VANDERBILT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

RACHEL CALDERON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Fundraiser

REBECCA MARGARET BRADFORD SINCLAIR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Publishing

RICHARD FLINT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: President, Claire'S Europe

SANDEEP MAHAL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Executive Director

WILLIAM OBBARD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Commercial Director

ANNA BOND Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Managing Director

HAZEL BROADFOOT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Bookseller

JONATHAN DAVID DOUGLAS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Ceo

MERYL HALLS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: None, Other trusteeship: THE BOOK TRADE CHARITY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2000, number: 1079257
Registered at Companies House on 07/06/1999, number: 03783095

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 131 days late,

Main office

WORLD BOOK DAY
6 BELL YARD
LONDON
WC2A 2JR

Objectives

The Objects of the Charity is to advance the education of the public, particularly by assisting in the promotion of reading amongst children and young people. The Charity will particularly promote World Book Day, which shall comprise a series of events each year or any other such event, the purpose of which is to promote and encourage reading amongst children and young people.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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