THE BOOKMARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1157083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BOOKMARK · repeated filing default (register status)

?To advance the education of the public, in particular but not exclusively young people, the elderly, refugees and asylum seekers by the provision of books and by promoting the use of books as an educational medium.?

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE, THE ELDERLY, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS BY THE PROVISION OF BOOKS AND BY PROMOTING THE USE OF BOOKS AS AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIUM.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
2014

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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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 9

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2021

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £40,286 — grants £40,286 (3); 56% of the £72,188 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2020

  • Volunteers: 3

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 2 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 29/03/2022, 57 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

3 further annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024——
31/03/2023——
31/03/2022£36k£61k
31/03/2021£72k£47k

Common questions

Who funds THE BOOKMARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BOOKMARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD as a grant recipient include AKO FOUNDATION, THE DHL UK FOUNDATION, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2025£500kto advance Bookmark’s work promoting children’s literacy, particularly in disadvantaged communities in England.
THE DHL UK FOUNDATIONFY2024£100kReading support for primary school children
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE DHL UK FOUNDATIONFY2026amount not statedStrategic Funding (Partnership ended April 2026)