Registered charity · London
The Children's Bookshow
- 6 trustees
- Income £214k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.thechildrensbookshow.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Children's Bookshow Limited
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£214k£209k
- 2024£210k£208k
- 2023£172k£187k
Earlier years
- 2022£175k£168k
- 2021£146k£152k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 32%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE SUBJECT OF CHILDREN?S LITERATURE.
Grants received
3 grants · £151,626 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
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £136,626 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Claire Boulton Chair since 2020
- Kate Arafa since 2016
- Robina Pelham Burn since 2019
- Sian Williams since 2016
- Shoshannah Thompson since 2017
- Sinead Salatchi Naidoo since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Claire Boulton Chair since 2020
- Kate Arafa since 2016
- Robina Pelham Burn since 2019
- Sian Williams since 2016
- Shoshannah Thompson since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Claire Boulton Chair since 2020
- Kate Arafa since 2016
- Sian Williams since 2016
- Shoshannah Thompson since 2017
- Sinead Salatchi Naidoo since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Robina Pelham Burn since 2019
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1162410
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 JUN 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/06/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/06/2015 as amended on 17 May 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 08120254 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02089600602 · thechildrensbookshow@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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