Booktrust
Book Trust, Booktrust, National Book League
- Country
- England & Wales
- Charity number
- 313343
- Status
- Registered
- Reporting
- Up to date Last filed Jan. 26, 2026. Filing history
- Registered
- July 1, 1963
- Legal form
- Charitable company
- Company number
- 00210012
Address
- Address
- 1 Aire Street
Leeds
LS1 4PR
Contact
- Phone
- 0113 457 0026
- accounts@booktrust.org.uk
- Website
booktrust.org.uk
Activities
Reading changes lives. Booktrust ensures all children and families have the opportunity to enjoy and be confident in their reading. We provide expertise for parents and professionals to make quality choices of reading for children. We engage with communities in the promotion of reading. And we advocate for national and local policies to recognise the social and economic importance of reading.
Objects: To Promote Encourage Foster Or Strengthen The Habit Of Reading And The Wider And More General Distribution Of Books Of By And Among All People.
Classification
- How
- Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- What
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Who
- Children/young People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind
Geography
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Region
- Throughout England And Wales
Finances
| Period end | Filed | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | Jan. 26, 2026On time | £12,431,928 | £12,530,475 | £6,159,000 | 102 |
| March 31, 2024 | Jan. 28, 2025On time | £12,022,881 | £12,097,942 | £6,192,177 | 97 |
| March 31, 2023 | Jan. 29, 2024On time | £11,924,597 | £13,769,928 | £6,118,161 | 98 |
| March 31, 2022 | Jan. 19, 2023On time | £11,071,181 | £11,552,655 | £8,274,498 | 90 |
| March 31, 2021 | Jan. 25, 2022On time | £10,390,941 | £10,215,057 | £8,527,991 | 83 |
Trustees
| Name | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Radha Rupa Chakraborty (Chair) | March 1, 2026 |
| Dr June Antoinette O'Sullivan-Halse OBE | Dec. 19, 2018 |
| Edward David Mugisha Poultney | Sept. 1, 2024 |
| Ellen Kristina Broome | Sept. 1, 2024 |
| Gautam Shashichandra Dalal | June 25, 2021 |
| Hilary Anne Murray Hill | May 3, 2022 |
| Nigel Jeremy Langstaff | June 25, 2021 |
| Professor Matthew Ellis Rowland Cripps | Oct. 1, 2021 |
| Professor Tim Michael Hobbs | Sept. 1, 2024 |
| Steven James Crocker OBE | March 1, 2026 |
| Victoria Kate Sellick | June 25, 2021 |
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