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Book Aid International

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
313869
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Aug. 27, 2026. Filing history
Registered
July 4, 1966
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
00880754

Address

Address
1B Blake Mews
London
TW9 3GA

Activities

Book Aid International is the UK's leading international book donation and library development charity. Book Aid International's vision is a world where everyone has access to the books that will enrich, improve and change their lives.

Objects: The Charity’s Objects (“Objects”) Are To Advance Education And Literacy In Developing Countries By Charitable Means:(a) By Establishing, Providing And Carrying On The Service Of Procuring And Distributing Reading And Information Material Regardless Of Medium To Developing And Other Countries In Need For Educational Purposes;(b) By Distributing Consignments Of Such Material To Public And Community Libraries, Universities, Colleges, Schools, Hospitals, Youth And Children's Centres And Other Charitable Institutions According To The Local Needs And Priorities; And(c) By Promoting Or Supporting Any Training Or Other Activity Which Is Designed To Enhance The Use Of Books, Reading And Other Information Material In Developing Countries.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who
Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Overseas
Country
Bhutan, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Saint Vincent, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Ukraine, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2025 Aug. 27, 2026On time £11,585,915 £13,640,415 £10,963,564 28
Dec. 31, 2024 Aug. 7, 2025On time £22,104,261 £20,875,744 £13,012,335 28
Dec. 31, 2023 July 25, 2024On time £22,561,637 £19,991,642 £11,588,918 29
Dec. 31, 2022 July 17, 2023On time £17,700,588 £17,420,968 £8,620,203 31
Dec. 31, 2021 Aug. 18, 2022On time £12,567,896 £15,587,726 £8,341,883 31
Dec. 31, 2020 Aug. 3, 2021 £14,807,452 £12,969,224 £10,565,763 26

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dr ALICE MARJORIE SHEILA PROCHASKA (Chair) Feb. 1, 2022
Alan James David Hurcombe June 27, 2024
Alexandra Emma Jones March 21, 2024
Chioma Michelle Okwudiafor March 28, 2023
Dr Harry Kuchah Kuchah PhD June 18, 2026
Dr Shereen Kreidieh June 18, 2026
Paula Lee Clarke June 27, 2024
Rebecca Jane Fabrizi June 18, 2026
Susan Hutton March 28, 2023
Zainab Umar Oct. 8, 2020