# OWN BOOKS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1190573
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 27, 2020
- **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=1190573


## Contact

- **Address:** 24 CASTLE ROAD, HENLEY-IN-ARDEN
- **Postcode:** B95 5LS
- **Phone:** 07816382503
- **Email:** OwnBooksForChildren@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.ownbooks.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY DISTRIBUTING AGE APPROPRIATE BOOKS TO SCHOOLS ACROSS ENGLAND AND WALES, AND BY PROVIDING ARTS AND CRAFTS WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION.

**Activities:** Own Books is a book donation project that helps children and young people, without books, to have their own books to keep or share at home. The project aims to advance literacy & a love of reading in children & young people through the free provision of books in the home.  Through a series of art making and storytelling workshops, we aim to encourage and inspire literacy, creativity & imagination.




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £29226 | £15659 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £16730 | £15279 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1035 | £7159 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £19044 | £5961 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JULIE DE BASTION BFA HONS** (Chair) — appointed July 1, 2020
- Alison Moira Shaw MA TD — appointed July 1, 2020
- Dawn Belfield — appointed Jan. 30, 2025
- Julia Gibson — appointed Jan. 12, 2023