OPEN ACCESS BOOK COLLECTIVE

Charity number: 1206287
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Bringing together open access publishers, publishing service providers, librarians, and other supporters to collectively bring about a fairer, more sustainable model of open book publishing, to increase the volume and diversity of academic knowledge available for free, to anyone.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 October 2025

Total income: £374,547
Total expenditure: £282,347

People

8 Trustee(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:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Northern Ireland
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Scotland
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United States
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 19 December 2023: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • OPEN BOOK COLLECTIVE (Working name)
Company number:
14118614 Open in new window
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
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Joseph Edward Deville Chair 19 May 2022
None on record
Holly Gemma Limbert Trustee 11 September 2024
None on record
DR DEMMY RONALD VERBEKE Trustee 08 September 2023
None on record
DR JOHN RUPERT JAMES GATTI Trustee 08 September 2023
None on record
NIELS SAABY STERN Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Dr Reggie Raju Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
AMANDA DE SOUZA RAMALHO Trustee 08 September 2022
None on record
Dr Lidia Uziel PhD., MLIS Trustee 19 May 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/10/2024 31/10/2025
Total gross income £273.96k £374.55k
Total expenditure £180.75k £282.35k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A
Income from government grants 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 October 2025 16 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2025 16 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2024 22 August 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2024 22 August 2025 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 MAY 2022 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 SEP 2023

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY INCREASING ACCESS TO RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC MATERIALS THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF OPEN-ACCESS BOOKS AND INFRASTRUCTURES.

Contact information

Address:
BDB PITMANS LLP
One Bartholomew Close
London
EC1A 7BL
Phone:
020 8191 2026
Email:
info@openbookcollective.org
Website:

https://openbookcollective.org/ Open in new window