The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Book Trade Charity

Registered charity 1128129 Registered since 2009

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

13 trustees on the board

4y median 0y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 13Education/training 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2

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

Other services 11Tech and media 3Business services 2

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£911k latest income
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.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 101.2 in 2020

4 from 4 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.btbs.org
Emailvictoria@btbs.org
Phone01923263128
AddressThe Book Trade Charity (Btbs), The Foyle Centre, 28 The Retreat, KINGS LANGLEY, Hertfordshire, WD4 8LT

Finances

£910,633 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,267,311£1,156,967
2021£632,580£1,014,956
2022£837,988£1,000,546
2023£1,493,303£1,199,257
2024£910,633£1,096,519

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR SICKNESS AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WELFARE WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE, OR HAVE BEEN, EMPLOYED IN THE BOOK TRADE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE BOOKBINDING INDUSTRY AND ANY INDUSTRY WHICH IS AKIN TO, OR ALLIED TO, OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOOKBINDING INDUSTRY) FOR ONE YEAR OR MORE AND THEIR DEPENDANTS; AND THE PROVISION OF WELFARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAY WISH TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY INTO THE BOOK TRADETO FACILITATE OR PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SO AS TO PROMOTE THE STUDY, KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE, PUBLISHING AND THE BOOK TRADE AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK WITHIN THE TRADE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/10/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/08/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27 APR 2016

Trustees (13)

13trustees
68median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Book Trade Charity (Btbs) · 06725178 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/10/2008

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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