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|CONTENTS|||
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|TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND PROFESSIONAL|ADVISORS .....|3|
|CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S MESSAGE||..4|
|OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES ..||.,7|
|TRUSTEES' REPORT..||...B|
|INDEPENDENTAUDITORS'<br>REPORT.||..1B|
|STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES..||..22|
|BALANCE SHEET||...23|
|CASH FLOW STATEMENT.||„„,.24|
|NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. ,||......25|





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|Principal|Office and Registered Office:|Third Floor|
|---|---|---|
|||Charles House|
|||5-11Regent Street StJames's|
|||London|
|||SW1Y4LR|
|Charity Number:||1177681|
|Company|Number:|11104438|



|Kitty Higgins||Chief Executive Officer|Chief Executive Officer|Chief Executive Officer|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Nel Flint||Chief Operating|Officer||||
|Stuart Beattie||Chief Technology|Officer||||
|Fiona Shearer||Chief Financial Officer|||||
|Emily Gibbons||Head of Fundraising|||||
|Emily Kalkan||Head ofMarketing||and Communications|(maternity|leave) returns 25October 2021)|
|Tracey Tynan||Head ofMarketing||and Communications|(maternity|cover) leaves 22 October 2021|
|independent|Auditors|Hazlewoods<br>LLP|||||
|||Staverton<br>Court|||||
|||Staverton|||||
|||Cheltenham|||||
|||GL51 OUX|||||
|Bankers||Santander|||||
|||Bootle|||||
|||Merseyside|||||
|||L304G8|||||
|Solicitors,||Addleshaw<br>Goddard||LLP|||
|||One St Peter's Square|||||
|||Manchester|||||
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|||~|A positive impact on pupils'<br>reading attainment||||
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|||~|A positive impact on pupils' enjoyment<br>ofreading, confidence|in reading,<br>reading|||
||||motivation<br>and reading frequency||||
|||~|A positive impact on pupils' comprehension<br>skills, vocabulary<br>and reading fluency||||
|||~|Changes<br>in pupils'<br>reading attainment<br>pre and post intervention||||
|~|~|~|Changes<br>in pupils'<br>attitudes<br>towards<br>reading pre and post intervention||||
|||~|We will also collect data on a range ofmeasures<br>related to volunteer<br>and school||||
||||experience of Bookmark,<br>including<br>levels of overall satisfaction,|effectiveness<br>oftraining,|||
||||support<br>and resources and usability oftechnology||||
|||Teacher and volunteer<br>data:|||||
|||~|Teacher surveys<br>and interviews||||
|||~|Volunteer<br>surveys<br>and interviews||||
|||Pupil|data:||||
|||~|Reading<br>level data||||
|||~|Attitudinal<br>data, through<br>surveys<br>and play-based<br>focus groups||||
|||~|Demographic<br>data e.g.gender, age, BAME, EAL, SEN and Pupil|Premium|||
|||~|Numerical<br>data, such as number ofprogrammes<br>complete and|number|of children||
||||supported||||
|||~|Continuous<br>evaluation<br>ofdata will allow us to be responsive to|volunteer|and school||
||||needs and to make evidence-based<br>operational<br>changes||||
|||~|Annual<br>evaluation<br>ofoutcomes<br>will create the opportunity<br>for|a period of learning||and|
||||development<br>over the Summer<br>holidays<br>and will support<br>school and volunteer<br>attraction||||
||||each new academic year||||
|||~|Stand-alone<br>evaluations<br>of pilot projects will inform wider learning<br>and development||||
||||while also helping<br>us to develop<br>and sustain<br>relationships<br>with|partner organisations|||
|||~|Robust evaluation<br>would allow us, should we deem it necessary|and appropriate,||to|
||||build towards the long-term<br>aim of an additional<br>independent|external evaluation||ofthe|
||||impact ofour reading<br>programme,<br>for example<br>a Randomised<br>Control Test carried|||out by|
||||the Education<br>Endowment<br>Foundation||||
|||~|We aim to publish<br>annual<br>impact report that are similar to that|published|in September||
||||2021,based on either internal<br>or external evaluation<br>ofour impact||||
|||~|ln order to effectively communicate<br>our impact to our stakeholders,<br>our||impact reports||
||||will combine quantitative<br>and qualitative<br>data<br>—including<br>extended<br>case||studies||





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|||||||12months|17months|
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|||||||to 2021|to2020|
||||Note|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
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|Income||||||||
|Donations|and Legacies||2|1,656,054|555,481|2,211,535|1,955,634|
|Investment||Income|3|22,050||22,050|80,548|
|Total income|||4|1,678,104|555,481|2,233,585|2,036,182|
|Expenditure:||||||||
|Raising funds|||5|(261,007)||(261,007)|(238,104)|
|Charitable|Activities||6|(973,176)|(441,971)|(1,415,147)|(1,372,577)|
|Governance||and support costs|7|(7,838)||(7,838)|(10,454)|
|Total expenditure||||I1,242,021)|(441p971)|(1,683,992)|(1,621,135)|
|Net income before transfers||||436,083|113,510|549,593|415,047|
|Transfers between<br>funds||||6,389|(6,389)|||
|Net income for the period||||442,472|107,121|549,593|415,047|
|Balances brought <br>2020||forward 31eAugust||572,933|85,314|658,247|243,200|
|Balances carried <br>2021||forward 31*'August|15|1,015,405|192,435|1,207,840|658,247|





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|||||31August|31August|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||2021|2020|
||||Note|Total|Total|
|||||E||
|FIXEDASSETS||||||
|Intangible<br>fixed assets|||10|153,879|174,248|
|Tangible fixed assets|||11|9,226|18,452|
|Investments|||12|1|1|
|||||163,106|192,701|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||||
|Debtors, prepayments|and|accrued Income|13|81,137|98,932|
|Cash at bank and in hand||||1,017,889|471,115|
|||||1,099,026|570,047|
|CURRENT LIABILITIES||||||
|Creditors and accruals|||14|(54,292)|(104,501)|
|||||(54,292)|(104,501)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||||1,044,734|465,546|
|NET ASSETS||||1,207,840|658,247|
|REPRESENTED BY:-||||||
|Restricted<br>funds|||16|192,435|85,314|
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||15|1,015,405|572,933|
|||||1,207,840|658,247|





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|CASH FLOW STATEMENT|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Notes|2021|2020|
|||below|||
|Net cash provided<br>by (used in) operating|activities||636,422|544,012|
|Cash flows from investing<br>activities:|||||
|Purchase of intangible<br>fixed assets|||(87,467)|(177,000)|
|Purchase offixed assets|||(2,181)|(22,166)|
|Change<br>in cash and cash equivalents|||546,774|344,846|
|A. RECONCILIATION<br>OF NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)||TO NET CASH INFLOW FROM|OPERATING ACTIVITIES||
||||2021|2020|
||||f|f|
|Net income for the reporting<br>year|||549,593|415,047|
|Adjustments<br>for:|||||
|Depreciation<br>oftangible fixed assets|||10,434|12,802|
|Amortisation<br>of intangible<br>fixed assets|||84939|81,614|
|Loss on disposal oftangible fixed assets|||973||
|Loss on intangible<br>assets written off|||22,897|46,838|
|Decrease / (increase)<br>in debtors|||17,795|(74,360)|
|(Decrease)/ increase<br>in creditors|||(50,209)|62,071|
|Net cash provided<br>by /(used<br>in) operating|activities||636,422|544,012|
|B.ANALYSIS OF THE CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS|||||
|||2020|Change|2021|
|||f|In year|f|
|Cash at bank and in hand||471,115|546,774|1,017,889|
|Change<br>in cash and cash equivalents||471,115|546,774|1,017,889|





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|Donations<br>and|Legacies:||||||||
|Donated|services||||82,265||82,265|135,520|
|Individual|donations||||16,586|12,959|29,545|50,345|
|Corporate|donations||||1,121,238|86,816|1,208,054|677,899|
|Trusts and foundations||||donations|96,250|372,361|468,611|66,041|
|Major donations||and||Pindar family|251,384|77,335|328,719|485,691|
|donations|||||||||
|Gift aid|||||58,651||58,651|94,595|
|Instagiv /|iustgiving||donatians||7,934|6,010|13,944|4,228|
|Corporate|fundrai|sing||events /|9,384||9,384|5,485|
|Charity Challenge|||||||||
|Charity fundraising|||events|||||342,530|
|School contributions|||||744||744|450|
||||||1,644,436|555,481|2,199,917|1,862,784|
|Grants:|||||||||
|Furlough|income||||11,618||11,618|92,850|
||||||1p656p054|555481|2211535|1,955,634|




|INVESTMENT INCOME|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||12months|17months|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|to 2021|to 2020|
||||f||
|Bank interest|524||524|1,895|
|Income from subsidiary|21,526||21,526|78,653|
||22,050||22,050|80,548|





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|4<br>NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR|4<br>NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR|4<br>NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR|4<br>NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR|4<br>NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR||||||
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|||||||||12months|17months|
|||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|2021|to2020|
|This is stated||after charging:||||||||
|Depreciation||||||10,434||10,434|12,802|
|Amortisation||||||81,102|3,837|84,939|81,614|
|Loss on write||offof intangible||asset||22,897||22,897|46,838|
|Ioss on disposal oftangible|||fixed||assets|973||973||
|Audit Fee||||||7,440||7,440|7,200|
|5<br>COST OF|RAISING FUNDS|||||||||
|||||||||12months|17months|
|||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|to 2021|To2020|
|||||||||E|E|
|Staff costs||||||140,518||140,518|75,969|
|Legal &professional|||||||||11,940|
|Marketing||||||378||378|239|
|Premises and||ITcosts||||12,502||12,502|19,825|
|Fundraising|costs|||||36,403||36,403|110,960|
|Other costs||||||1,300||1,300|102|
|Shared costs||Ifinance, marketing|||and|69,906||69,906|19,069|
|central costs)||||||||||
|||||||261,007||261,007|238,104|
|6<br>CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE||||||||||
|||||||||12months|17months|
|||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|to 2021|to 2020|
|||||||||E|E|
|Staff costs||||||203,160|351,992|555,152|603,651|
|Programme|and volunteer||costs|||84,787|44,726|129,513|63,109|
|Legal &professional||||||8,236|1,094|9,330|25,150|
|Marketing||||||2,089|2,184|4,273|9,676|
|Premises and||ITcosts||||236,361|41,975|278,336|307,690|
|Other costs||||||858||858|995|
|Shared costs||(finance, marketing|||and|437,685||437,685|362,306|
|central costs)||||||||||
|||||||973,176|441,971|1,415,147|1,372,577|





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|||||12months|17months|
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|||Unrestricted|Restricted|to 2021|to 2020|
||||||E|
|Legal &professional||350||350|795|
|Other costs||48||48|59|
|Accountancy|Costs|7,440||7,440|9,600|
|||7,838||7,838|10,454|
|8<br>STAFF COSTS AND NUMBERS||||||
|||||12months|17months|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|to 2021|to 2020|
|||||E|E|
|Fundraising||||||
|Salaries||125,142||125,142|66,366|
|Social Security||11,603||11,603|5,989|
|Pension costs||3,416||3,416|2,006|
|||140,161||140,161|74,360|
|Charitable<br>Activities||||||
|Salaries||180,148|310,642|490,790|528,256|
|Social Security||14,391|29,374|43,765|51,813|
|Pension costs||6,189|11,976|18,165|18,669|
|||200,728|351,992|552,720|598,738|
|Shared Salaries||||||
|Salaries||326,879||326,879|238,548|
|SocialSecurity||34,243||34,243|22,238|
|Pension costs||14,955||14,955|9,313|
|||376,078||376,078|270,099|
|Total||716,967|351,992|1,068,959|943,197|



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|Fundraising|||1|
|Charitable|Activities|16|12|
|Shared Personnel||7|3|
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|||Assets||
|---|---|---|---|
|||under||
||Software Assets|Construction|Total|
|Cost||||
|At 1September 2020|235,825||235,825|
|Additions|6,534|80,933|87,467|
|Transfers to asset|58,800|(58,800)||
|Disposals|(33,880)||(33,880)|
|At 31August 2021|267,279|22,133|289,412|
|Depreciation||||
|At 1September 2020|61,577||61,577|
|Charge for the year|84,939||84,939|
|Disposals|(10,983)||(10,983)|
|At 31August 2021|135,533||135,533|
|Net book value||||
|At31August 2020|174,248||174,248|
|At 31August 2021|131,746|22,133|153,879|
|11<br>TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS||||
||Office Equipment|ITEquipment|Total|
||E|E|E|
|Cost||||
|At 1September<br>2020|3,927|30,494|34,421|
|Additions||2,181|2,181|
|Write Offs/Disposals|(995)|(4,646)|(5,641)|
|At 31August 2021|2,932|28p029|30,961|
|Depreciation||||
|At 1September 2020|1,439|14,530|15,969|
|Charge forthe year|1,142|9,292|10,434|
|Write Offs/Disposals|(594)|(4,074)|(4,668)|
|At 31August 2021|1,987|19,748|21,735'|
|Net book value||||
|At 31August 2020|2,488|15,964|18,452|
|At 31August 2021|945|8,281|9,226|





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||||2021|2020|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Investment|in|subsidiary|1|1|



|||2021|2020|
|---|---|---|---|
|||E|E|
|Turnover||22,523|76,108|
|Administrative|expenses|(983)|(1,105)|
|Interest receivable||1|16|
|Interest payable and similar charges||(15)|(13)|
|Corporation|tax||703|
|Profit for the|period|21,526|75,709|



|t 31August 2021|,B|ookmark Reading Trading<br>Limited<br>had the foll|owing assets and liabilities:||
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||||2021|2020|
||||E|E|
|Debtors|||1,737|1,145|
|Cash at bank and|in|hand|2,239|77,769|
|Creditors: Amounts||due within one year|(3,975)|(78,913)|
|Share capital|||||
|Reserves|||||
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|||2021|2020|
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|||6|f|
|Trade debtors||750|11|
|Prepayments||45,974|21,051|
|Accrued|income|34,413|2,914|
|Amounts|owed by related parties||74,956|
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|||2021|2020|
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|||6|E|
|Trade creditors||8,699|11,592|
|Accruals||11,333|17,073|
|Deferred|income|4,060|51,450|
|Taxation|and social security|23,882|19,457|
|Pensions|contributions|6,268|4,929|
|Amounts|owed to related parties|50||
|||54,292|104,501|





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|||Balance|||Transfers|Balance|
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|||1September|Incoming|Resources|between|31August|
|Name of Fund||2020|resources|expended|funds|2021|
|||f|f|f|E|E|
|General fund||572,933|1,678,104|1,242,021|6,389|1,015,405|
|Restricted<br>Funds||85,314|555,481|441,971|(6,389)|192,435|
|||658,247|2,233,585|1,683,992||1,207,840|
|ANALYSIS OF RESTRICTED FUND||MOVEMENTS|||||
|||Balance|||Transfers|Balance|
|||1September|Incoming|Resources|between|31August|
|Name of Fund||2020|resources|expended|funds|2021|
|||f|f|E|f|E|
|Literacy Capital grant||1,800||1,800|||
|Wandsworth<br>grant||7,217||7,217|||
|CVC Support grant*|||60,000|58,064|(1,936)||
|Headsets<br>fund||2,259||2,259|||
|Bridgepoint*||||1,400|1,400||
|The Big Give fund*||74,038||71,824|(2,214)||
|Drapers|||10,000|6,666||3,334|
|Clarion<br>Old Ford|||4,935|3,290||1,645|
|Rank Group Foundation|||30,000|30,000|||
|Westminster<br>Community|Fund||10,020|8,198||1,822|
|Literacy Capital Grant|||16,800|16,800|||
|Big Give Christmas|||100,310|68,808||31,502|
|Rank Covid|||25,000|25,000|||
|Time to Shine|||14,045|11,579||2,466|
|Garfield Weston|||100,000|58,334||41,666|
|Julia and Hans Rausing*|||48,361|44,722|(3,639)||
|Postcode Lottery|||20,000|20,000|||
|Local Giving|||6,010|6,010|||
|Batchworth|||10,000|||10,000|
|The Big Give fund*|||100,000|||100,000|
|||85,314|555,481|441,971|(6,389)|192,435|






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