The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Books Alive

Registered charity 1077435 Registered since 1999

Operates: East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton And Hove

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.5y median 4.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 6Disability 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Retail and trade 7Health and social care 4Property 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£107k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.booksalive.co.uk
Emailinfo@booksalive.co.uk
Phone01273738818
Address86 ELM DRIVE, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX, BN3 7JL

Finances

£98,416 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£85,360£68,897
2022£86,459£76,093
2023£88,133£78,453
2024£106,827£90,409
2025£98,416£91,981

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BYA) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A BOOK SHOP OR BOOK SHOPSB) THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS MAGAZINES RECORDINGS AND SUCH OTHER ITEMS AS THE CHARITY SHALL THINK FIT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 22ND MARCH 1999 AND AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16TH AUGUST 1999

Trustees (7)

7trustees
69median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Books Alive · 03737476 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/03/1999

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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