FREE BOOKS HATFIELD

Registered charity 1167923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rehoming of second hand books, with the aims of encouraging literacy in the community of Hatfield and preventing books from going to landfill.

Objects

1. THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY RECYCLING BOOKS AND OTHER LITERATURE WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING READING IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Welwyn Hatfield, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£4k
Latest spending
£5k
Registered
2016

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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 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 53

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 27

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 28

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 01/05/2024, 1 day after the 30/04/2024 due date).

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: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£4k£5k
30/06/2024£4k£5k
30/06/2023£4k£4k
30/06/2022£3k£3k
30/06/2021£672£2k

Common questions

Who funds FREE BOOKS HATFIELD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FREE BOOKS HATFIELD as a grant recipient include COL-RENO LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COL-RENO LIMITEDFY2026£360