Registered charity · Edinburgh
Floris Books Trust Limited
- 4 trustees
- Income £2.3m (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
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.florisbooks.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Floris Books Trust Limited
- Registered
- 1989
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.3m£2.3m
- 2024£2.3m£2.2m
- 2023£2.4m£2.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.3m£2.2m
- 2021£2.2m£2.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:(A) TO PROPAGATE(1) CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES(2) IDEAS OF ANTHROPOSOPHY AND SPIRITUAL SCIENCE AS EXPOUNDED BY RUDOLF STEINER (INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THESE IDEAS APPLIED TO EDUCATION AND PARENTING, BIODYNAMIC AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND MEDICINE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS.(3) ETHICAL AND SPIRITUAL EDUCATIONAL VALUES FOR CHILDREN THROUGH WHOLESOME, CREATIVE PICTURE BOOKS, STORY BOOKS AND ACTIVITY BOOKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY MEANS OF THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, PHYSICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA).(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN GREAT BRITAIN.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Jane Grant since 2018
- Lesley A Taylor since 2013
- Peter Holman since 2019
- TOM Ravetz
Trustees past 6 years
- Jane Grant since 2018
- Lesley A Taylor since 2013
- Peter Holman since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Jane Grant since 2018
- Lesley A Taylor since 2013
- Peter Holman since 2019
- TOM Ravetz
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
- 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
13.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.2 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 801790
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27TH JUNE 1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 8 JULY 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26 AUGUST 2010.
- Companies House
- Company number 02398655 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01313372372 · floris@florisbooks.co.uk
- 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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