BOOKS PLUS CARDIFF LIMITED

Registered charity 1190105 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of the Christian faith with particular emphasis on the provision of literature and other forms of media communication. The promotion of other charitable purposes for the benefit of the community of Cardiff and South Wales by the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty and sickness as an expression of the Christian faith.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA COMMUNICATION 2) TO PROMOTE OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF CARDIFF AND SOUTH WALES BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 3) TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE PARENT COMPANY

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

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Latest income
£165k
Latest spending
£197k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported unrestricted reserves of -£66,766 at the end of the financial year, resulting from assets retained within the parent charity Light on the Mount. The trustees consider the level of reserves to be adequate and confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by its parent entity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Note 12
“At the year end the company was owed £1,815 (2024: £1,815) from Books Plus Gloucester Limited. At the year end the company owed £71,172 (2024: £63,341) to Light On The Mount.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£165k£197k
31/05/2024£159k£172k
31/05/2023£155k£177k
31/05/2022£0£0
31/05/2021£0£0

Common questions

Is BOOKS PLUS CARDIFF LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported unrestricted reserves of -£66,766 at the end of the financial year, resulting from assets retained within the parent charity Light on the Mount. The trustees consider the level of reserves to be adequate and confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, supported by its parent entity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.