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INCLUSIVE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

Registered charity 1201129 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

IBC provides a free website that helps people choose inclusive books for children. The website runs in parallel with the provision of funding to other not for profit organisations working to improve inclusivity in children's books and access to those books.

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Latest income
£387k
Latest spending
£274k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £414,996, with no formal reserves policy in place. The charity reported a net income of £112,219 and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£563k
Total spending
£260k
Reserves (reported)
£303k
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~14.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£387k£274k
31/03/2024£563k£260k

Common questions

Is INCLUSIVE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £414,996, with no formal reserves policy in place. The charity reported a net income of £112,219 and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
G M C TRUST2£21k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST2£15k
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST1—
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION1£6.2m
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST1£725k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£277k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION1£272k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£187k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INCLUSIVE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN£387k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S BOOK PROJECT FY2025£583k—0above—no doubt
IHSAN FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION FY2025£641k—0unclear—no doubt
BOOKTRUST FY2025£12.4m——above—no doubt
BOOK AID INTERNATIONAL FY2025£11.6m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE FUND UK FY2024£924k—0unclear—no doubt

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