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World Book DAY Limited

The Objects of the Charity is to advance the education of the public, particularly by assisting in the promotion of reading amongst children and young people. The Charity will particularly promote World Book Day, which shall comprise a series of...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £1.3m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.worldbookday.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
World Book DAY Limited
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.3m£1.2m
  • 2024£1.1m£1.0m
  • 2023£910k£899k
Earlier years
  • 2022£795k£890k
  • 2021£739k£696k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The Objects of the Charity is to advance the education of the public, particularly by assisting in the promotion of reading amongst children and young people. The Charity will particularly promote World Book Day, which shall comprise a series of events each year or any other such event, the purpose of which is to promote and encourage reading amongst children and young people.

Grants received

2 grants · £235,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Board analysis

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.

12 trustees on the board

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 12Animals 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 17Professional services 7Business services 6

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.6 in 2021

6 from 2 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1079257
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7TH JUNE 1999, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 3RD FEBRUARY 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 JAN 2012 as amended on 01 Oct 2020
Companies House
Company number 03783095 · Active
Contact on the register
020 3355 1159 · hi@worldbookday.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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