Book Relief UK Trustees annual report March 2023-March 2024
During the period covered by this report, Book Relief UK has continued to reestablish itself post pandemic and generated substantial funds allowing us to expand our offering of grants locally and nationally. During the period covered by the report we increased the numbers of small grants offered to local schools and the number of out of school activities run by local libraries. We also provided a grant to Read Easy North Devon and the Shannon Trust.
The increase in grants was made possible by increased sales of donated books from our bookshop at 48 Mill Street in Bideford and the establishment of an ebay site, enabling us to reach a wider audience across the UK. This expansion was achieved by an increase in the numbers of volunteers recruited to add to our dedicated and hardworking team. We also applied for and have been awarded a matched funding grant from Torridge District Town Beautification Scheme allowing us to update our shop signage and to produce a pavement board to increase visibility of our shop.
It is expected that our charity will continue to generated profits in the 2024-25 year enabling us to maintain and expand the grants offered locally and nationally as well as to turn our attention to the expansion of our international grant activity which has not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Dec 29[th] 2024
hyEa FOR ENGLAND AND WALES {Book Relief UK Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period To from 09-Mar-23 08-Mar-24
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Fo! CHARITY COMMISSION | Independent examiner's report on the FOR ENGLAND AND WALES accounts
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Independent Examiner’s Report
| Report to the trustees BOOKRELIEF UK On accounts for the year | 8'" March 2024 Charity no | 1134724 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 to 2 | | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 08 / 03 / 2024. Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act”). | report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement |! have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or e the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. | have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in orderto enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
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