THE LINTON CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL

Charity Number: 1131016
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Organises biennial children's book festival in Cambridgeshire village of Linton. Featuring authors and illustrators, musical and dramatic performances and other associated activities.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2023

Total income: £19,445
Total expenditure: £16,241

Total income includes £14,450 from 3 government grant(s)

People

3 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

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:
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Essex
  • Suffolk

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 August 2009: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
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 policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Anna McMahon Chair 22 June 2022
None on record
ADELE WATSON Trustee 25 May 2017
None on record
RONALD ANDREW RAGSDALE Trustee 09 July 2013
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/09/2019 30/09/2020 30/09/2021 30/09/2022 30/09/2023
Total gross income £0 £6.22k £600 £0 £19.45k
Total expenditure £1.84k £3.64k £731 £64 £16.24k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A £14.45k

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 30 September 2023 13 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 Not Required
Annual return 30 September 2022 23 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2022 Not Required
Annual return 30 September 2021 29 June 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2021 Not Required
Annual return 30 September 2020 28 August 2021 29 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2020 Not Required
Annual return 30 September 2019 30 July 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2019 Not Required
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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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14 MAY 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 8 JULY 2009

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AGED 15 YEARS AND UNDER IN THE PARISH OF LINTON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGE COMMUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING READING, LITERACY AND ARTISTIC ENDEAVOUR THROUGH THE ORGANISATION AND RUNNING OF THE LINTON CHILDREN'S BOOK FESTIVAL

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

LINTON,

Contact information

Address:
4 MILL LANE
LINTON
CAMBRIDGE
CB21 4JY
Phone:
07931 966952
Email:
info@lintonbookfest.org
Website:

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