Registered charity · Penrith
Bouncing Books Foundation
- 5 trustees
- Income £35k (2025)
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
- Education/training
- Where
- Tanzania
- Website
- www.bouncingbooks.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£35k£30k
- 2024£24k£22k
- 2023£34k£26k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£0
- 2021£20k£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE BOUNCING BOOKS FOUNDATION IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF SCHOOL PUPILS, PROMOTE READING SKILLS AND PROVIDE ACADEMIC SCHOOLBOOKS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN TANZANIA THROUGH THE PROVIDING OF LIBRARY FACILITIES.THE BENEFITS AND VALUE OF THIS SERVICE TO THE SCHOOLS AND PUPILS IT SERVES ARE:1. TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND READING/LITERACY ABILITIES OF BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS2. TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR TEACHERS AND PUPILS TO ACADEMIC BOOKS AND EQUIPMENT3. TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO SCHOOL/ACADEMIC BOOKS WRITTEN IN BOTH ENGLISH AND LOCAL LANGUAGES4. TO INCREASE ACCESS TO ENGLISH BOOKS THAT WILL IN TURN, INCREASE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS5. TO HELP PREPARE PUPILS FOR OPPORTUNITIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPERIENCES IN LATER LIFE6. THE OVERALL ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES, IMPROVING THEIR ABILITY TO TEACH AND DEVELOP STUDENTS.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Rachel Ellyard Chair since 2020
- Jennifer Jackson since 2020
- Luke Ellyard since 2020
- Roger Ellyard since 2020
- Tricia Walker since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Rachel Ellyard Chair since 2020
- Jennifer Jackson since 2020
- Luke Ellyard since 2020
- Roger Ellyard since 2020
- Tricia Walker since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1194053
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 17 DEC 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01768898432 · luke@bouncingbooks.org
- 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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