Registered charity (CIO) · Richmond

Richmond Walking and Book Festival

9 trustees
Income £21k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where: Durham, North Yorkshire
Website: www.booksandboots.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 2020

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£21k£17k
2024£23k£23k
2023£18k£17k

Earlier years

2022£23k£18k
2021£27k£15k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF LITERATURE, BY THE PROVISION OF AN ANNUAL BOOK FESTIVAL IN AND AROUND RICHMOND, NORTH YORKSHIRE.(2) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING GUIDED WALKS WITH THE AIM OF OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXERCISE AND ACCESS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE, LOCAL HISTORY, THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, FLORA AND FAUNA THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF AN ANNUAL WALKING FESTIVAL IN AND AROUND RICHMOND, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

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.

9 trustees on the board

3.9y median 6y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

6.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

Barbara Ann Gravenor Chair since 2020
Dr Jane Lindsay Mclennan since 2020

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 9Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Environment/conservation/heritage 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 2Education 1Hospitality 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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£21k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 1191688
Status: Registered
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Oct 2020
Contact on the register: 01748821738 · info@booksandboots.org
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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