**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||01|04|2024||31|03|2025| |**From **||||**To**|||| ## Section A Reference and administration details ## **Charity name** CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FESTIVALS **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1182143 **Charity's principal address** 17 Leeds Road Selby North Yorkshire **Postcode YO8 4HU** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Christina Gabbitas|||| ||Joyce Howie|||| ||TracyFoley|||| ||Kate Eady|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| ||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| **April 2023** **TAR** 1 **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution adopted 20/02/2019 - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Standard Registration How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Members vote at general meeting Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. **April 2023** **TAR** 2 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** To give children, young people and families from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities, an equal opportunity with access to free literature festivals, and supply free books where available **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** **April 2023** **TAR** 3 Our inclusive festival was held in Keighley, engaging with over 3000 children in total. We gifted over 1300 books at the festival A Kindness writing initiative was held at the festival, resulting in an exhibition at Keighley library. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **April 2023** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance The trustees are pleased with the maintained level of financial **Summary of the main** performance recorded for the year. **achievements of the charity during the year** **April 2023** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** Reserves are maintained at such a level as to ensure the day to day **Brief statement of the** activities of the charity can be continued without financial pressure. **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 27/12/2025 **April 2023** **TAR** 6 |**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Children's Literature Festivals**||**1182143**||| |**Receipts and payments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/04/2024|Period end date
**To**
31/03/2025||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,130**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,130**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,130**
**1,700**
**733**
**-**
**7**
**-**
**198**
**70**
**667**
**-**
**3,375**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,375**
**755**
**-**
**268**
**1,023**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
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**to the nearest £**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,130**
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**4,130**
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**4,130**
**1,700**
**733**
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**7**
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**70**
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**755**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Grants and donations|**4,130**|||||**44,857**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**4,130**|||||**44,857**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**44,857**| |||||||| |
Authors and illustrators|**1,700**|||||**25,148**| |Books andpackaging|**733**|||||**6,736**| |work done|**-**|||||**1,140**| |Bank charges|**7**|||||**-**| |venue hire|**-**|||||**1,210**| |subscriptions|**198**|||||**198**| |travel and accomodation|**70**|||||**9,334**| |media marketing|**667**|||||**1,959**| |Awards|**-**|||||**1,652**| |**_Sub total_ **|**3,375**|||||**47,377**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||| |**,**|**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**47,377**| |||||||| ||**755**|**-**|**-**|
**755**||**- 2,520**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**268**|**-**|**-**|**268**||**2,788**| ||**1,023**|**-**|**-**|**1,023**||**268**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 27/12/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Lloyds bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
J Howie|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,023**
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**Restricted**
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**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Fund to which**
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**Cost (optional)**
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**Amount due**
**(optional)**
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Print Name
Joyce Howie|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||J Howie|Joyce Howie|27/12/2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 27/12/2025 2