Registered Charity Number 1172935
Registered Company Number: 02404473
QUEENSPARK BOOKS LTD
Financial Statements and Trustees Annual
Report
For Financial Year Ending
31st March 2024

CHARITY COMMISSION
I FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 18t Aprll 2023 to 0 31•t March 2024
Charity name: Queenspark Books
Charlty roglstrntlon numbor 1172938
Objectives and Activities
SORP
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
goveming document
P•ra 1.17
Queen6park Books gathers, preserves and
makes accessible the untold storie5 of the
peopl8 of Brighton 8nd Hove.
Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefil, in particular. the
activities, projects or Services
identffied in the a¢¢ounts.
Parg 1.17
1 19
During the period April 2023 to March 2024
Queen$park Books has conlinued to deliver its
Nat￿nal Hertage Lottery Fund-project,
Brighton Incoming. It has worked with three
lorAI organisations - 8righton & Hove Faith In
Action. the Bevy and Refugee Radio - to train
volunte8rs and to gather stories for a new
book, Brighton Bound, to be published at the
end of the project.
In addkn'on to Brighton Incoming, Queenspark
Books has continued to develop and promote
its online archive, providlng free access to its
back rAtalogue. It has also continued to sell
books, developing a new partnership with
Kemptown Books.
statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charty
Commission on public
benefit
Para 1.18
The Trustees confim that they have paid du8
regard to the Charty Commission's guidance
on publK benefft.
Addltional information (optional)
Volunteers continue to be at the heart of
Queenspark Books, work and without them
the organisation wouldn't continue.
Volunteers manage the Charity, but also
contribute to the delivery of wojects, selling
I t￿kS and making connections across the
P8M138
Contribution made by
volunteers

Achievements and Perfomiance
As outlined above, Queenspark Books
continues to provide opportunities to tell
their stories for communities who are
marginalised OT whose contribution to the
life of the Cty isn't a￿VayS reCc￿n￿d.
These opportunities in¢lude'.
Summary of the main
achievements of the chanty,
identifying the dbfference the
hanty's work has mad8 to
the circumstsnces of its
beneficiaries and any wid8r
benefits to society 88 8
whole.
Pwa 1.20
Having your story recorded and told in
publiotion.
Leaming new skills such as book
editing. oral history interviewin9.
Exploring the history of Brighton and
Hove.
Taking part in related groupAqCtivitias.
Financial Revlew
Review of thè charty's
financial positvjn al the end
of the
eriod
Statem8nt explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stalin
are held
Amount of reserves held
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fund materialty in
deficit
Explanatbn of any
uncertaints'es about the
charity continuing as a going
oncem
PAra 121
Que8nspafk Books made a small profft of
£94 in the year.
Queenspark Books hobjs reserves in
I SUPPOrt of its future activty and
sustainabili
£2539
Parry 122
P•ra 122
Pw•124
P•r• 123
Additional Infomiatlon (optional)
You ma
choose to include further stalements where relevant about..
The charty's principal
It continues to b8 a challenging time for
sources of funds (induding
lundraising for small charities. The sale of
any fundfaising)
tM)oks and the back catalogue conkn'nues to
raise income for Queenspark Books.
P•ra J.47 .
Structure, Governance and Management
Des¢flPtion of charty'$
trusts-.
Type of goveming document
Para 125
Memorandum and Artscles of Association
How is the chatity
constituted?
Pwa 1.25
' Qu8enspafk Books is governed by its
Mermrandum and Articles of Association
dated 14th Juty 1989.

Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
P¥•125
. Trustees are selected via an open
, advertised process. The Management
Cornm￿ee votes on the appoinknent of
new Trustee5.
Reference and Administrative details
Char
name
Other name the cha
Re
istered chari
number
Charity's principal address
Queens
1172938
CJO Radio Reverb
Unrt8
Open Mark
Marshalls Row
Brighton
8N14JU
N•m•• of tho charlty tru•t•M who manage tho ch•TIty
Trustw nam•
Offk• (11 any)
O•t•• •cl•d If not for *thal•
Nam• of p•r•on lor body) •ntitl•d
Int tru8t••
Ifan
M8lrta Denn8tt
Dr Gery HOlltr￿aY
Esther Gill
Declaratlons
Th• trusto•s d•clar• that th•y hav• approved th• tru•t•ea' r•port abov•.
Signod on bohalf of the ¢h•rity'8 trustee•
Signatur•(•)
Full name(8)
Po•ition lag Secretsry,
Chair, otc)
Esther Gill
Trustee
Dat•
111h February 2025

Brenda Peèr8-Ro88
29 Drift Road
Selsey
Chichester
West Sussex
P020 OPW
Independent ExamIn•￿3 Report to the Tru8te•s of:
QUEENSPARK BOOKS LTD
Reglstorad Charity Number: 1172935
I report on the accounts of the c￿mPanY 1¢% the year eThJed 3111 March 2024. tAhith are set OLrt
on the attached pages 110 6.
R98P￿tlY• rn•ponslbillti•s of trust••8 and •xaminor
The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the Pufposes of company law) are
rèsponsible for the preparatIC￿ of the aCc(￿nts. The trustees ￿nsIder that an a￿lf( is not required
for thi$ year under Part 16 of the CNnpanies Ad 20[￿ (the Act) arnl that an independent
examinatson B needed.
Having Satisfied M￿lf that the ccrfnpany 15 not subject to an audit undor c4Jnpary lknv and 18
eligible for independent examination, it is my reSP￿sIblIty to..
examine th• a¢￿Unts undgr Section 145 of ts Charits8 Act 2011:
follow the procedures la￿ dcrwn in the general Directions given by the Charlty
Ci)mmi88ion (under section 14515)Ib) of the ki. a5 amended: and
slate whather matters have como to my attwrtion.
Ba•1• of Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•e• •tst•m•nt
My examination was camed out in ￿￿rdance with pneral Dlrecllons glven by th8 Chadty
Commission. An •xamination includes a revitrw of the acrxiunting records kept by the chanty and
a Comparison of the accounts presented wrth those records. It also includes o)n$Kleration of any
unusual items or disdosures of th8 accounts and seeking explanats.ons frtyn you a8 tTU8te88
con¢emiry any such rnattets. The procedures uTrJertaken do nol provide all the evidence that
would be required in an audrt. and consequendy no opinitin is given as to whether the accounts
present a knie and fair view," and Ihe report 15 limited to th¢)se mattern set out in the statement
below.
Ind•p•nd•nt Examlnee• 8tat•m•nt
I have completed my examination. l (x>nffiffli that no matters have come to my attention in
connection wilh the examinalwi giving me cause to bel￿¥8 that in any maten.al resF*¢t'.
acwunting re(x)rd¥ We￿ n¢X kept in acwrdance wrth the C(Mnpwies 8ection 386
of Ihe 2006 Act: or
the accounts do not accord with records.. or
the accounts do nol comply with the a¢￿UntirwJ requiremenls of section 396 of
the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair
view, whi¢h is not a matter conswjered as part of an independent examination.. or
the acc(KJnts have rK)t been prepar￿1 in awrdance wtth thg methods and
principles of the Statement of Recornmend￿ practi￿ for accounting and
reporting by chafitw applicable to charrtE$ preparing their accounts in
a¢cordance with the Finanual ReiMNting Standard applicable in th• UK and
Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
Bren(la Pew¥.R¢)ss Fhi4AT. ACIE
13m June 2025

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivfTES
Charfty Nwntyor..
Com
Numbw..
11729J5
02404473
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2Q24
2024
2023
Incom• and End￿mIn￿ ￿.
DonaDons
Chanlabte Acti¥At
Bwk Intere5l
Tt)tal Incorn• and •ndo*in•nt•
35
40.482
24
6.315
24
34.187
18.410
20
18,410
20
Exp•ndliur• on:
Raising Funds
Charitable AcknTrnt*s
Oth•r
280
34,187
40,447
I4,￿
24.698
Total exp•ndtur•
24.6
24.696
Transfar Funds
N•t mov•rn•nt ol lund
18,2811
18,281
Total fvnds broughtfmrd
8,706
8,705
To¢•1 IuAd• ￿trt0￿ lorw•rd

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IA Compary UThited By GuarHntspl
Charlty Numb•r
Numb•r'.
1172935
07411826
BALANCE SHE￿ AS AT 31 AIARCH ￿24
X+24
202J
Flx*d A￿•t•
2.382
1.763
1448
1,448
1,763
5.482
Ca¥h at bank and in hand
2.793
1,448
Cr•dttorn
Ar￿unts falliw du¢
within one ye
2.793
12.7931
7,089
17,0891
{4￿)
13,8131
13,81
Credhors due after one yew
N•t Curnt A••ot•
.366
NET A88ETS
2,365
FUN0¥
Tot*1
To￿1
2P23
Unro8trthJ htsnds
ReSt￿[f
IT
Fry th•yeur •n¢Jry 31rt 2024. w• ¢•mp•ty ¥V*••#iJ•dtO•XWf¢lkn •ud#
sècllon 477 01 the Comp•nw Ad 20LXI.
The ClreLkns thty'r tr.
01 th• m¢mbtrk hA* not fequir•d to rthin d8 ￿￿￿t••¥th0
y8•r in 9￿￿1￿)n In wih 478
o)rnpArfee bj tlhi wn•ll ¢¥*nPW￿
Tho acc￿nIS been preppre¥ in •w4mTAith tho wo¥l8wy4 •r*l
¢0¢yanI￿ vrftrmn the Cefflpan￿ Act ￿.
Appr¢¥ed by th& Board ol TrLNtees at a m•ryrwt rrwlkng hebj on 9th 2WIS.
?yJned w IheK b*hatt by..
Esther Gill
TiusteeJDire¢tr
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PnNCIPAL ACCOuN￿NG POUCIES
FOR niE YEAR EMDeD 31 MARCH 2024
¢¢oU￿ng Pollcl•8
The Inwc4al statemwts ofth8 Chwtth cWi￿ny, 19 8 ￿￿eften￿l ￿￿er FRS102, havè t
prep8r¢d under the h15tOriC81 c05t conventnn axvdance th the CrynFarvs Act 20C6 and the Stater￿1
of ReConYnWd￿ Prxtce SORP IFR51021 Lswed on 161 Lkntw2019. wk¥L4e UK Aro￿nts.￿J Standard5
and the Charities Ad 2011.
Fo￿•t
The company hB5 taken adv￿* ol tIE wob75VJn5 of ￿ Ctynpaffts 21)J6 presented ￿ income and
experHliture xc4unt ￿ the l¢nn of a Statement of *dwibes ￿ th&9rour¥ts that It 8n8bl85 the financi
•latements tg 18irMew clthe fe$￿t fttthe yew
Fund a¢¢ountkng
General lup.di aro un￿lrIG*ed lunds lthlch Are avwiabkn for use at the dwetion ofthe 8o¥d ol Trustge5 in
furtheran￿ ofthe gener4 obJe¢tr06 olth* ntyi.profft th*ty whth ha¥e T￿1 de6￿nated for otsr
purrthe8.
De8vJn•ted fundi ccffiprt* unresrricted fvnds thal have been set a8*Je by ￿ Bc•rd Of Trustee8 fur part*ular
purposes. Th? ain and uso of oath dew9ftalod 801 th? nrrtes to Ihe f￿8￿181 8talernents Restrkt•d
nd8 ar8 fwd8 which are to be ustsl in ￿rIant% spedlk wnpowl tsy tl*dm• (wwl*h h
b88n raM8d ty Ih8¢h•rity for partkxlaf purpos￿.
Incomlng rMouYc••
Voluntary Income and don•bon8 are In irthNry rewurces tlw afP receivabb aDJ ￿Ount
Can be quantfvd rea￿Dabl8 Gr8nts rti xiwnton a r￿gNabl• ba?i4.
for which it h•8 teen receNed . thore was no delefftrj irKome in the per*>J
R••ouffjM •yp•fid•
AW oxpendituTr i¥ fcrf on an attn￿1$ b8*$ and has th* wgr•J&te al (xjots
related to calryory Expendllwt 48 s¢afrd In￿4%*01 18X.
T•nglbl• Ilx•d ••••t• •nd d•w•ctsllon
Tangibl¢ Fixoj Assets for use by the C* aro rfthty b• us•J Ic¢mcrf• than one yew and cojt at
least £lk. Ihey 4r* ¥￿U￿￿ at ¢￿st
O¢pwWon l¥ ￿cubE￿a io wri1• de￿ tre cijstor of* fix¢d aJ7¢15 excryi Ireehokl ty •qual
nnu81 Instshn¢nts (￿r thè us0fv1 l+w¥ Tr perbJ8 9eneralty oFpk4ble arg.
c￿•puter ￿1pMen 50 % pw amum swhl lthe methoj
FNture8 FittiTrJs 50 % pw #Mum on c4)st str8gN line
Int•nglblo lrtom•
Intangibb IrKorne, in the fr)mi vl ¢SywigJ tsralities hdp *., 18 not inckth1 In the st*wn8r
Sin￿ it i¥ not rons￿ered to quantrty suth incc
The ￿rrent re&erve [￿'cY 15 kn maknun suifKlwt lty* for commth*Thts, and Iho rep*cwiwnt otcertain
The Dir¢¢toryBo8rd ofTru8tees do nol belevt thè organ*atp)ft Is sutyectlo arry sybstsntw rkk twd
ose di￿103¥1 in the Annu* ReFQrt ar¢ A￿￿￿[¥

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
2023
Incom• from Ch•r*•bltAcllvAh•
Gr•nt5
Sales Inoyne
Other In¢c
34,167
39,167
1,315
16,922
1,488
1,315
Charftsbl• Aclt¥Hkn Éxp•ffdlturn
Cost of sa￿8
B¥nk ch¥r9es
Merchants tse$
General expens•8
Qu￿k B￿k1
Postage
St¢r8gÈ
pr￿￿1. organi￿￿)n￿l Re8lwKe
Proert .. NLHF
Events
2,187
107
2,187
107
379
107
32
41
41
219
1,784
7.107
27.CQJ
7,107
27,C60
12,822
33
5,763
897
765
1,gJS
633
1,805
633
299
Finance worker
Webslte
O¢pre¢Ww)n
143
Gov•rn&nc• costs
Ind•wnderrt E¥amin
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P•9• S
NOTES TO ThE ACCOUNTS
Eq￿l￿￿Thi Flttby
Total
2024
Total
2023
Co•t
8rought fr)M
Additions
DiskwLs
lowd
143
804
Brought forW￿d
Charge for year
DI5￿￿al•
CamBd fO￿r
N•t Book V•lu•
B3lanc• at 31.03.24
756
8Ckl
BalAnrA at 31.03.23
2024
2023
Tradè
HMRC . VAT refund ¢
PfOpaym•nt8
1.387
307
1,387
3Q7
104
630
714
Crtdltorn.AfvM)Unkn du• 4m• y•W
13391
11.2071
2.750
12.7931
13,1321
11,2071
2750
13,3521
14611
Accruals
Del•rf•d wr••trkt•¢l IrKorr* 2025
Opmlng Mo¥•ffl￿ Mov•m•n¢ Tr•n•f•r CloBlng
B•l•nc•
lJ•¢w••n 8*l#nc•
•1.￿25
nd•
31 JJ3.24
Urrtsirithd
6.374
6.280
20rJ
Openhw lkntemenl IAovem•nt Tr*n•f•T Closlng
B•lan¢•
In
Balance
22
31m.23
fund•
Unrtstn¢tsd fvTrJs
8.705
5.553
11.814
11.814

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NQTES TOTHE ACCOUNTS
Opming m4>¥•￿ Ilov•rn•nt Trnn•t•r Clo•1
Balancè
In
Bilance
IM￿1.23
31.03.24
lund
NLHF. Organis6tional Resilience
NLGHF-Brighton Inconyng Pro1￿1
7.107
27,CEO
{7.1 D71
R••trl¢t•d Fund•
Op•nlrvJ Mov•m•nt Mov•rn•nt Tr•ni
Clo•kng
B•lancg
oth
.04.22
nd¥
31.03.23
NLGHF.Br*Jhkn ProJ8rt
12.822
12,822
NLHF. Funds bj wppoft 8Th3Mc￿ Prqect to t* for r￿￿￿M9. aTrl ce*brating (he stori88 of
p8opKe h4ve LYJrn8 kn 8￿j1￿0￿.
R•E•t￿ P•rty
There are Th) rola*d pHrty tr¥nsacbW in tl* ¢xryeDt yew N kn 2023.
uitlm•t• eontrolllng Paity
The ¢ornpany ￿ under th8 ult&n•t• e4Xtrd ol ts dirxlLY4 •nd **th• •r• shoh
t front of thD fhar￿al stabmenl8.