BOOK AID INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 313869 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Latest income
£22.1m
Latest spending
£20.9m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31st December 2024 was £22,104,261, resulting in a net income of £1,228,517. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £593,940, which is above the Board's stated minimum policy target of £500,000.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — below the median for charities its size (£125k)
One member of staff receives a salary of between £80,000 and £90,000
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 6
One member of staff receives a salary of between £80,000 and £90,000 and five members of staff are paid between £60,000 and £70,000.
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £500,000 (held: £594k)
In 2024, the minimum level of free reserves was confirmed by the Board at £500,000.
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Book Aid International (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£22.1m
Total spending
£20.9m
Cost of raising funds
£842k
Reserves (reported)
£594k
Employees
28

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Bhutan · Cameroon · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Ghana · Greece · Iraq · Kenya · Lebanon · Liberia · Malawi · Namibia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£22.1m£20.9m
31/12/2023£22.6m£20.0m
31/12/2022£17.7m£17.4m
31/12/2021£12.6m£15.6m
31/12/2020£14.8m£13.0m

Common questions

Is BOOK AID INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31st December 2024 was £22,104,261, resulting in a net income of £1,228,517. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £593,940, which is above the Board's stated minimum policy target of £500,000. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BOOK AID INTERNATIONAL earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 6 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds BOOK AID INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BOOK AID INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, G M C TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. FAITH AND ST. LAURENCE HARBORNE, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARKS FOREST GATE.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery10/02/2025£700kRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£900kRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery28/02/2023£800kRegular Grant 2023
Postcode Lottery09/02/2022£700kRegular Grant 2022

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