Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 2

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -4

BLACK BOOKS MATTER UK

Providing creative writing, literacy and arts based activities to young people. Provide training in creative learning and equality and diversity to organisations. Provide advice on educational resources and create theatre promoting diverse literature.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Financial Data ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
05/04/22	*	£23,931	£16,755	£7,176	3

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.blackbooksmatteruk.org

contact@blackbooksmatteruk.org

07506679622

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hackney Council - Grant to Black Books Matter UK CIO
£4,900	08/12/2021	Anti Racism & Creative Delivery Workshops for youth/community leader, parents. Creative Writing Social Action Project (Film/Podcast) for young people aged 11-18. Anti Racist Superheroes, creative ....more Anti Racism & Creative Delivery Workshops for youth/community leader, parents. Creative Writing Social Action Project (Film/Podcast) for young people aged 11-18. Anti Racist Superheroes, creative arts workshops for young people aged 6-10.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

CARLTON MC CLEARY Appointed: 2021

GASSY TRAORE Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: AFRICAN EUROPEAN FAMILY NETWORK (AEFAN),

SHIRLEY ARCHIBOLD (Chair) Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2021, number: 1195374

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

1 returns made; AR22: 13 days late,

Main office

27 HOPS HOUSE
7 OLD BREWARY WAY
LONDON
E17 7FE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, TO BE CARRIED OUT IN LONDON AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UK AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE FROM SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, IN THE SUBJECTS OF LITERACY, CREATIVE WRITING AND THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ONE TO ONE TUITION, GROUP SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, STORY TELLING AND CREATIVE ARTS PERFORMANCES. 2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY THROUGH EXPLORATION OF THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND LITERATURE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA (B) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE RACIAL BACKGROUNDS; (C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

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