Book Works (UK) Limited

Registered charity 1104148 Registered since 2004

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5 trustees on the board

Tess Denman-Cleaver Chair since 2024
Gerrie van Noord since 2019
Maria Amidu since 2022
Max John Porter since 2025
Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso since 2024

3.2y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Gerrie van Noord since 2019

6.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Tess Denman-Cleaver Chair since 2024
Gerrie van Noord since 2019
Maria Amidu since 2022
Max John Porter since 2025
Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso since 2024

company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5

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

Arts and leisure 6Other services 2Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£636k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.1 in 2021

12 from 11 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.

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.

Also active in the same field

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Eric and Salome Estorick Foundation Similar size; both Arts and culture
Unity Theatre Similar size; both Arts and culture
Activate Performing Arts Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.bookworks.org.uk
Email	gavin@bookworks.org.uk
Phone	07974189296
Address	19 HOLYWELL ROW, LONDON, EC2A 4JB

Finances

£636,272 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£561,237	£526,544
2022	£596,328	£647,792
2023	£700,384	£656,083
2024	£634,489	£698,822
2025	£636,272	£664,667

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE VISUAL ARTS, PARTICULARLY BOOKS WHICH MAY BE RECOGNISED AS ART WORKS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 APRIL 1996 AS AMENDED 12 MARCH 2002 AND 18 MAY 2004 as amended on 02 Nov 2020 as amended on 02 Nov 2020

Trustees (5)

5trustees

44median age

0aged 70+

Tess Denman-Cleaverage band 40-44 Chair since 2024
Gerrie van Noordage band 60-64 since 2019
Maria Amiduage band 55-59 since 2022
Max John Porterage band 40-44 since 2025
Taghrid Choucair-Vizosoage band 35-39 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Book Works (UK) LTD · 03190880 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 25/04/1996

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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