01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 23 March 2018
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 11104438
- Financial period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £4,051,056
- Latest expenditure
- £4,154,048
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Third Floor, Charles House, 5-11 Regent Street, St James's, London
Website recorded by the regulator: www.bookmarkreading.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
We're helping children develop the reading skills they need to succeed in school and beyond, by creating flexible volunteering at the heart of our communities.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,051,056
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,154,048
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 16 December 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 16 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £7,074,064
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,968,227
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 December 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,183,167
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,498,213
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 November 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £5,150,406
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,076,484
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2021
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 October 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £2,233,585
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,683,992
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 9 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,051,056
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,154,048
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 2001
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 16 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £7,074,064
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,968,227
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 2937
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 18 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £4,183,167
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,498,213
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 2186
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 24 November 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £5,150,406
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,076,484
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 1766
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £2,233,585
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,683,992
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £21,638
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 0
- Count Volunteers
- 1167
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 9 December 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3934563
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 37287
- Income Investments
- 79206
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4051056
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £632,049
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,521,999
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4154048
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 497423
- Expenditure Governance
- 97146
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1067443
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,600,792
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,526,901
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £539,695
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,987,207
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 539695
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,851,892
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 4600792
- Funds Restricted
- 386415
- Funds Total
- 4987207
- Count Employees
- 46
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 16 December 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 6941157
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 132907
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 7074064
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £603,445
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,364,782
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3968227
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 372207
- Expenditure Governance
- 84220
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 866791
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 110380
- Gain Loss Investment
- 17646
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,090,199
- Assets Total Fixed
- 668377
- Assets Own Use
- 213930
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 454447
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,040,197
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £618,375
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,090,199
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 618375
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,857,587
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 4730372
- Funds Restricted
- 359827
- Funds Total
- 5090199
- Count Employees
- 42
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 18 December 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4112320
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 70847
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4183167
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £405,226
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £3,092,987
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3498213
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 45466
- Expenditure Governance
- 59705
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 482520
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2101
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,555,065
- Assets Total Fixed
- 281005
- Assets Own Use
- 281004
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,855,973
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £170,262
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,966,716
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 170262
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,425,209
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1836069
- Funds Restricted
- 130647
- Funds Total
- 1966716
- Count Employees
- 41
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 24 November 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 5073931
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 76475
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5150406
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £343,931
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,732,553
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5076484
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 19441
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 432136
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 7537
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,281,762
- Assets Total Fixed
- 70451
- Assets Own Use
- 70450
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,341,242
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £129,931
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,281,762
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 129931
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,216,219
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1154674
- Funds Restricted
- 127088
- Funds Total
- 1281762
- Count Employees
- 36
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2021
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2211535
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 22050
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2233585
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £261,007
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,422,985
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1683992
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 7838
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 383916
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 10434
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,207,840
- Assets Total Fixed
- 163106
- Assets Own Use
- 163105
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,099,026
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £54,292
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,207,840
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 54292
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,017,889
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1015405
- Funds Restricted
- 192435
- Funds Total
- 1207840
- Count Employees
- 27
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BOOKMARK READING CHARITY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2018-03-23T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- BOOKMARK READING CHARITY
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2019-03-18T00:00:00
- Reason
- Ceased to exist
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 5112714
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1177679
- Assoc Charity Name
- LITERACY CAPITAL FOUNDATION
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05 DEC 2017 AS AMENDED ON 02 DEC 2018AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 FEB 2019
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING OR SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERACY, AND (SAVE FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY TO THAT OBJECT) NO OTHER PURPOSES.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 596623
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- BOOKMARK READING LIMITED
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling