OpenCharities

Bookpower

Educational Low-Priced Sponsored Texts

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1059871
Status
Removed
Registered
Dec. 19, 1996
Removed
Nov. 22, 2011
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Overseas

Activities

PROVISION OF SUBSIDISED UNABRIDGED EDITIONS OF EXISTING TEXTBOOKS, AT PRICES WHICH STUDENTS CAN AFFORD

Objects: To Advance Education In The Developing World Through The Provision Of Subsidised Unabridged Editions Of Existing Textbooks In All Subjects But Including In Particular Medicine, Nursing, Science, Engineering And Technology At Prices That Students Can Afford. 2. To Raise Adminster And Apply Funds In Order To Assist And Support All Aspects Of The Production Distribution And Sale Of Subsidised Textbooks.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who
Children/young People

Areas of operation

Country
Botswana, Cameroon, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Oct. 31, 2012 - -
Oct. 31, 2011 - -
Dec. 31, 2010 £39,265 £89,133
Dec. 31, 2009 £74,246 £58,184
Dec. 31, 2008 £68,230 £98,246