OWN BOOKS

Charity number: 1190573
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Own Books is a book donation project that helps children and young people, without books, to have their own books to keep or share at home. The project aims to advance literacy & a love of reading in children & young people through the free provision of books in the home. Through a series of art making and storytelling workshops, we aim to encourage and inspire literacy, creativity & imagination.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £29,226
Total expenditure: £15,659

People

4 Trustee(s)

5 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for another benefit.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 July 2020: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
JULIE DE BASTION BFA HONS Chair 01 July 2020
None on record
Dawn Belfield Trustee 30 January 2025
None on record
Julia Gibson Trustee 12 January 2023
None on record
Alison Moira Shaw MA TD Trustee 01 July 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £19.04k £1.03k £16.73k £29.23k
Total expenditure £5.96k £7.16k £15.28k £15.66k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 01 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 01 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 01 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 01 April 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 10 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 10 February 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 23 March 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 23 March 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Jul 2020

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY DISTRIBUTING AGE APPROPRIATE BOOKS TO SCHOOLS ACROSS ENGLAND AND WALES, AND BY PROVIDING ARTS AND CRAFTS WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION.

Contact information

Address:
24 CASTLE ROAD
HENLEY-IN-ARDEN
B95 5LS
Phone:
07816382503
Email:
OwnBooksForChildren@gmail.com
Website:

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