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Description

To enhance the lives of children and adults with learning disabilities through the use of multi-sensory books

Also known as

  • Bag Books
  • Bag Books
  • Lucy Barrett

CCEW Charity number

1026432

Company number

02846227

Registered

Postcode

SW8 4UB

Website

bagbooks.org

Latest income

£246,989 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

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Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Japan
  • Korea, Republic of
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Portugal
  • Sweden
  • United States

Registered Office in the UK

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Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1026432 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1026432 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Bag Books (this record)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-07-03

Bag Books

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-06-29

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Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Technical, vocational and continuing education B31

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Arts AR » Media and publishing AR200 » Literature AR202
  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Beneficiary group BE » People with learning disabilities BE110
  • Beneficiary group BE » People with disabilities BE200

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Disability 104

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • People With Disabilities 203

Activities (CCEW)

  • Other Charitable Activities 310

Scale of operation

  • National and Overseas

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Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1993-09-24 Registered as a charity
2004-12-31 215,007 210,555
2005-12-31 263,482 216,039
2006-12-31 259,737 245,193
2007-12-31 262,515 292,638
2008-12-31 307,056 356,952
2009-12-31 397,738 318,955
2010-12-31 435,203 452,014
2011-12-31 371,605 427,784
2012-12-31 371,324 351,625
2013-12-31 502,247 464,531
2014-12-31 517,736 476,137
2015-12-31 457,948 424,715
2016-12-31 361,698 386,173
2017-12-31 390,748 390,212
2018-12-31 376,342 392,740
2019-12-31 338,327 365,119
2020-12-31 404,382 274,854
2021-12-31 277,690 271,498
2022-12-31 246,989 320,472
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

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Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 30 45
Trustees 5
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

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Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2022 (the latest year with data available) or 2021.

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Grants received

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Received 19 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The Foyle Foundation
Main Grants Scheme
£20,000 Learning (MGS)
True Colours Trust £6,840
1 year
Towards the delivery of sensory stories in special schools
Dec 2022 to Dec 2023
Pears Foundation £30,000
2 years
Grant to Bag Books
Apr 2022 to Apr 2024
Pears Foundation £35,000
2 years
Grant to Bag Books
Apr 2020 to Apr 2022
City Bridge Trust
COVID19 London Community Response Fund - Wave 2
£7,000 Grant to Bag Books
Arts Council England £34,893 More Than Words - Multi Sensory Storytelling
Garfield Weston Foundation
Welfare
£10,000 Main Grants award
The National Lottery Community Fund
Reaching Communities
£189,820
3 years
Lend a Story
Apr 2019 to Apr 2022
The Henry Smith Charity
County
£2,500
1 year
Grant to Bag Books
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Small Grant
£5,000 MCF Small Grant

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.

This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.

  • The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence

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