THE CHILDREN'S BOOKSHOW
Charity Number: 1162410
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The Children's Bookshow Limited continues to provide children with education in the art of literature. The charity organises 'The National Tour of Writers and Illustrators of Children's Literature' which covers 15 theatre performances and 60 in-school workshops across the United Kingdom and continues to prove popular every financial year.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £210,017
Total expenditure: £208,313
Total income includes £68,313 from 1 government grant(s)
People
8 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
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 providing services to the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
How the charity helps:
- Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England
Governance
Registration history:
- 25 June 2015: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
No other names
Company number:
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
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- 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
8 Trustee(s)
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| Claire Boulton | Chair | 01 April 2020 |
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| Sinead Salatchi Naidoo | Trustee | 14 July 2021 |
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| Errol Daly Lloyd | Trustee | 14 July 2021 |
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| Robina Pelham Burn | Trustee | 16 October 2019 |
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| Shoshannah Thompson | Trustee | 28 March 2017 |
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| SIAN WILLIAMS | Trustee | 07 March 2016 |
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| Kate Arafa | Trustee | 07 March 2016 |
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| DAVID POTTER | Trustee | 01 June 2015 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2019 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £130.30k | £146.20k | £175.28k | £171.81k | £210.02k | |
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Total expenditure | £138.39k | £151.96k | £168.11k | £187.11k | £208.31k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £68.96k | £114.52k | £73.45k | £68.31k | £68.31k |
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 |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 28 January 2025 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 28 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 16 May 2024 | 106 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 16 May 2024 | 106 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 06 January 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 06 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 30 July 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 30 July 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2019 | 14 September 2020 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2019 | 14 September 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |