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BUILD ON BOOKS

Registered charity 1158201 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOB

Build on Books reduces poverty in Sierra Leone by building a strong foundation for development based on education, disease prevention, and food security. We provide books, water, sanitation, farms, school buildings, school furniture, science labs, healthcare, training programs and humanitarian aid to help build vibrant schools and communities where all children can realise their full potential.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SIERRA LEONE BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£57k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is an all-volunteer organization with no paid staff or premises costs, relying entirely on voluntary donations. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to avoid aid dependency by establishing revenue-generating projects, such as a t-shirt printing workshop and a farm, to support its charitable objectives in Sierra Leone.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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)

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£50k£57k
31/08/2024£33k£46k
31/08/2023£42k£30k
31/08/2022£13k£13k
31/08/2021£17k£12k

Common questions

Is BUILD ON BOOKS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is an all-volunteer organization with no paid staff or premises costs, relying entirely on voluntary donations. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to avoid aid dependency by establishing revenue-generating projects, such as a t-shirt printing workshop and a farm, to support its charitable objectives in Sierra Leone. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BUILD ON BOOKS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BUILD ON BOOKS as a grant recipient include WOODLEIGH IMPACT.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WOODLEIGH IMPACTFY2024£15k
WOODLEIGH IMPACTFY2025£5k