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

Objects

The Objects of the Charity is to advance the education of the public, particularly by assisting in the promotion of reading amongst 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 amongst children and young people.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03783095

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)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FORRESTAL, Alison Mary — director, appointed 22/07/2026on trustee list
• BASTONE, Susan Caroline — director, appointed 01/07/2026on trustee list
• SMARTT, Richard — director, appointed 15/09/2025on trustee list
• BOTTOMLEY, Nicholas Robert — director, appointed 15/09/2025on trustee list
• DAVIS, Kathryn Ruth — director, appointed 24/01/2025on trustee list
• VANDERBILT, Nicole Marie — director, appointed 25/01/2024on trustee list
• SINCLAIR, Rebecca Margaret Bradford — director, appointed 25/01/2024on trustee list
• OBBARD, William Ronald — director, appointed 08/11/2023on trustee list
• FLINT, Richard Mark Russell — director, appointed 11/09/2023on trustee list
• CONWAY, Daniel Christopher — director, appointed 14/09/2022on trustee list
• CALDERON, Rachel Frances — director, appointed 11/11/2021on trustee list
• BOND, Anna Elizabeth — director, appointed 29/07/2020on trustee list
• BIRCH, Amy Louise — secretary, appointed 11/08/2025

Official officers record.

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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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
• 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

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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 CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT.

• CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT income £583k
• UNITED KINGDOM & EUROPE WORLD LITERACY FOUNDATION income £229k
• CHILDREN'S BOOK FEST - CHICHESTER CIO income £61k
• BOOKS TO AFRICA INTERNATIONAL income £414k
• W G S TRUST income £862k
• THE READER ORGANISATION income £4.6m

Side by side with its peers

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