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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

ACCESS2BOOKS 

? Publish accessible children?s story books? Trade with individuals, educational settings early years? settings, libraries, shops ? Promote and educate disabled people?s access to information and literature? Fund books for disabled people free of charge ? Collect feedback from disabled book users and providers of literature? Introduce accessible information to professionals in literature
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Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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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
31/03/23£3£6£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£18£10£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£11£8£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£9£3£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19?*£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/18£22£33£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£43£38£5£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years
(11 years as a company)

www.access2books.org

info@access2books.org

07964510491

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-80
  • KAREN NICHOLLS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Specialist Teacher For Visual Impairment
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/2016, number: 1166231
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/04/2013, number: 08467288
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR19: 2 days late,
Main office

7A WATERLOO ROAD
LEIGHTON BUZZARD
LU7 2NR

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY DEVELOPING, PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING ACCESSIBLE BOOKS TO ALL DISABLED PEOPLE WHO, FOR REASONS OF INACCESSIBILITY OF FORMAT AND DISTRIBUTION, DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO POPULAR READING MATERIAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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