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Registered charity (CIO) · West Sussex

Children's Book Fest - Chichester CIO

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £61k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
West Sussex
Website
www.childrensbookfest.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£61k£53k
  • 2024£86k£58k
  • 2023£33k£40k
Earlier years
  • 2022£39k£29k
  • 2021£34k£25k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE,PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUBSIDISED LITERARY FESTIVALS AND BOOKS

Grants received

3 grants · £15,000 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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Most recent

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4.8y median 4.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

5
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 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Arts and leisure 7Education 3Business services 1

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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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£86k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1183937
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 17 Jun 2019
Contact on the register
07986697693 · amanda@childrensbookfest.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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