WORLD BOOK DAY LIMITED

Registered charity 1079257 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WORLD BOOK DAY (2) WBD

The object of the Charity is to advance the education of the public, particularly by assisting in the promotion of reading among children and young people. The Charity will particularly promote World Book Day, which shall comprise a series of events each year, or any other such event, the purpose of which is to promote and encourage reading among children and young people

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £252,734 from £264,513 in the prior year, falling below the charity's stated policy target of approximately 25% of the following year's estimated operational budget. Despite this reduction, the trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing adequate resources and stable income sources.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — World Book Day (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Book Tokens — “World Book Day® is a charity sponsored by National Book Tokens.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNA BONDchair
• Alison Mary Forrestal
• Daniel Conway
• Kathryn Ruth Davis
• Nicholas Robert Bottomley
• Nicole Vanderbilt
• Rachel Calderon
• Rebecca Margaret Bradford Sinclair
• Richard Flint · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Nelson Dampare Smartt
• SUSAN CAROLINE BASTONE
• William Obbard

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORLDREADER.

• WORLDREADER income £100k
• SCHOOLREADERS income £940k
• CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT income £583k
• BOOKMARK READING CHARITY income £4.1m
• UNITED KINGDOM & EUROPE WORLD LITERACY FOUNDATION income £180k
• Libraries Connected income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.