FLORIS BOOKS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 801790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FLORIS BOOKS · also registered in Scotland as SC041837 (OSCR)

Publishing books which relate to our charitable objectives, which are to propogate Christian principles, the ideas of anthroposophy, and wholesome spiritual and ethical values for children.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:(A) TO PROPAGATE(1) CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES(2) IDEAS OF ANTHROPOSOPHY AND SPIRITUAL SCIENCE AS EXPOUNDED BY RUDOLF STEINER (INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THESE IDEAS APPLIED TO EDUCATION AND PARENTING, BIODYNAMIC AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND MEDICINE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS.(3) ETHICAL AND SPIRITUAL EDUCATIONAL VALUES FOR CHILDREN THROUGH WHOLESOME, CREATIVE PICTURE BOOKS, STORY BOOKS AND ACTIVITY BOOKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY MEANS OF THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, PHYSICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA).(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN GREAT BRITAIN.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

£2.3m

Latest spending

£2.3m

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £60,819 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £2,548,155. The directors report that free reserves of £2,547,722 represent approximately 14 months of normal annual expenditure, which falls within their stated policy target of 12 to 15 months. The board expresses confidence that this healthy level of reserves will enable the organisation to continue trading despite current market challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“1 (2024: None) employee received emoluments between £60,000 and £70,000 in the current year.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“1 (2024: None) employee received emoluments between £60,000 and £70,000 in the current year.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between 12 and 15 months of resources expended (held: £2.5m)

“The directors have therefore established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not designated or invested in tangible fixed assets (“the free reserves”) held by the charitable company should be between 12 and 15 months of resources expended” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£2.3m

Total spending

£2.3m

Reserves (reported)

£2.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~13.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Jane Grant
LESLEY A TAYLOR
Peter Holman
TOM RAVETZ

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.3m	£2.3m
31/12/2024	£2.3m	£2.2m
31/12/2023	£2.4m	£2.3m
31/12/2022	£2.3m	£2.2m
31/12/2021	£2.2m	£2.1m

Common questions

Is FLORIS BOOKS TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £60,819 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £2,548,155. The directors report that free reserves of £2,547,722 represent approximately 14 months of normal annual expenditure, which falls within their stated policy target of 12 to 15 months. The board expresses confidence that this healthy level of reserves will enable the organisation to continue trading despite current market challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

What does the highest-paid employee of FLORIS BOOKS TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £1.5m
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS ASSOCIATION UK income £6.1m
SALAFI BOOKSTORE AND ISLAMIC CENTRE income £1.2m
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH income £242k
DOME OF GRACE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH income £129k
CHILDS CHARITABLE TRUST income £330k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FLORIS BOOKS TRUST LIMITED	£2.3m	£60,000 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2024	£1.5m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS ASSOCIATION UK FY2025	£6.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SALAFI BOOKSTORE AND ISLAMIC CENTRE FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE CELESTIAL CHURCH OF CHRIST SALVATION ARK PARISH FY2025	£242k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DOME OF GRACE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH FY2025	£129k	—	0	no_policy	—	no doubt

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