Registered charity · London
Give A Book
- 7 trustees
- Income £463k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.giveabook.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£463k£438k
- 2025£395k£399k
- 2024£287k£326k
Earlier years
- 2023£288k£243k
- 2022£153k£180k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE READING FOR PLEASURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF BOOKS AND READING PROJECTS IN PRISONS, SCHOOLS AND WITH DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK, REACHING PEOPLE WHO HAVE A NEED DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
Grants received
17 grants · £348,906 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Rothschild Foundation · £160,000 (2 grants)
- Trusthouse Charitable Foundation · £50,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000 (3 grants)
- Monument Trust · £20,000
- The Funding Network · £18,906
Most recent
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Adeela Khan since 2023
- Eleni Meleagrou since 2012
- Joanne Barnett since 2017
- Lady Caroline Waldegrave OBE since 2012
- Sarah Moorehead since 2012
- Sarah Turvey since 2017
- Selina Margaret Walker since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Eleni Meleagrou since 2012
- Joanne Barnett since 2017
- Lady Caroline Waldegrave OBE since 2012
- Sarah Moorehead since 2012
- Sarah Turvey since 2017
- Selina Margaret Walker since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Adeela Khan since 2023
- Eleni Meleagrou since 2012
- Joanne Barnett since 2017
- Lady Caroline Waldegrave OBE since 2012
- Sarah Moorehead since 2012
- Sarah Turvey since 2017
- Selina Margaret Walker since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1149664
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 07 NOV 2012AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 16 JUL 2021
- Contact on the register
- 02073711460 · info@giveabook.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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