# GIVE A BOOK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1149664
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Nov. 8, 2012
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1149664


## Contact

- **Address:** 112-114 HOLLAND PARK AVENUE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W11 4UA
- **Phone:** 02073711460
- **Email:** info@giveabook.org.uk
- **Website:** www.giveabook.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE READING FOR PLEASURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF BOOKS AND READING PROJECTS IN PRISONS, SCHOOLS AND WITH DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK, REACHING PEOPLE WHO HAVE A NEED DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

**Activities:** Give a Book is a UK based charity that promotes books and the pleasure of reading in the hardest places.  Our main areas of work are in prisons and with disadvantaged children and young people throughout the UK.  Our core belief is that to pass on a good read - to give a book - is a transaction of lasting worth.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £394804 | £398561 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £286678 | £325712 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £287850 | £242862 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £152654 | £180053 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £218441 | £157250 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Adeela Khan — appointed Oct. 11, 2023
- ELENI MELEAGROU — appointed Sept. 30, 2012
- JOANNE BARNETT — appointed July 4, 2017
- LADY CAROLINE WALDEGRAVE OBE — appointed Sept. 30, 2012
- SARAH MOOREHEAD — appointed Sept. 30, 2012
- SARAH TURVEY — appointed April 25, 2017
- Selina Margaret Walker — appointed May 18, 2020