# OPEN ACCESS BOOK COLLECTIVE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1206287
- **Other names:** OPEN BOOK COLLECTIVE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 19, 2023
- **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=1206287


## Contact

- **Address:** BDB PITMANS LLP, One Bartholomew Close, London
- **Postcode:** EC1A 7BL
- **Phone:** 020 8191 2026
- **Email:** info@openbookcollective.org
- **Website:** https://openbookcollective.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY INCREASING ACCESS TO RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC MATERIALS THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF OPEN-ACCESS BOOKS AND INFRASTRUCTURES.

**Activities:** Bringing together open access publishers, publishing service providers, librarians, and other supporters to collectively bring about a fairer, more sustainable model of open book publishing, to increase the volume and diversity of academic knowledge available for free, to anyone.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Italy
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Portugal
- Scotland
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United States
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 31, 2025 | £374547 | £282347 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2024 | £273963 | £180745 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Joseph Edward Deville** (Chair) — appointed May 19, 2022
- AMANDA DE SOUZA RAMALHO — appointed Sept. 8, 2022
- DR DEMMY RONALD VERBEKE — appointed Sept. 8, 2023
- DR JOHN RUPERT JAMES GATTI — appointed Sept. 8, 2023
- Dr Lidia Uziel PhD., MLIS — appointed May 19, 2022
- Dr Reggie Raju — appointed Sept. 8, 2022
- Kevin John Sanders — appointed Dec. 3, 2025
- NIELS SAABY STERN — appointed Sept. 8, 2022
- Zoe Wake Hyde — appointed Dec. 3, 2025