Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

MORE THAN BOOKS

More Than Books (MTB) is a Community Hub & Library serving South Scarborough, in particular the communities of Eastfield, Osgodby, Cayton, Crossgates, Seamer and Irton.MTB provides opportunities for people of all ages to access books and information sources, and to take part in activities and social events.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£15	£26	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£15	£10	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£46	£4	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£21	£6	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£21	£11	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£15	£11	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 7 years

morethanbooks.org.uk

MORETHANBOOKS10@GMAIL.COM

01609536606

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

General Community services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Two Ridings Community Foundation - MTB Energy Saving
£1,960	14/06/2022	Funding to replace all the fluorescent lightbulbs in the building and to introduce movement sensors to improve electricity usage.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JANET BEEVERS Appointed: 2021

JOHN CLIVE SYMONDS Appointed: 2019

LINDA KEMP Appointed: 2017

NICHOLAS KEMP Appointed: 2017

PAULINE CAULFIELD Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2017, number: 1173856

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR23: 5 days late, AR18: 1 days late,

Main office

More Than Books
High Street
Eastfield
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 3LL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF EASTFIELD TO THE SOUTH OF SCARBOROUGH IN NORTH YORKSHIRE, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR RECREATION AND OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID RESIDENTS.