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Description

Calibre Audio brings the pleasure of reading to enrich the life quality and opportunities for people of all age groups with any print disability by providing access to audio books and content, and to raise awareness of related issues affecting such people

Also known as

  • Calibre
  • Calibre Audio Library
  • Calibre - The Cassette Library of Recorded Books
  • Calibre Audio
  • Calibre Audio (formerly Calibre Audio Library)
  • Calibre Audio Library

CCEW Charity number

286614

Company number

01701585

Registered

Postcode

HP22 5XQ

Website

calibreaudio.org.uk

Domain

calibre.org.uk

Latest income

£1,334,842 (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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Registered Office in the UK

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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 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-286614 .
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Calibre Audio (this record)

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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.

  • Services for people with disabilities D13

UK Charity Activity Tags

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

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • Education/training 102
  • Disability 104
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109
  • Other Charitable Purposes 117

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • Other Defined Groups 206

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308
  • Other Charitable Activities 310

Scale of operation

  • National

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Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1983-03-18 Registered as a charity
2004-12-31 762,866 834,165
2005-12-31 925,673 996,634
2006-12-31 824,680 861,764
2007-12-31 1,527,334 1,363,987
2008-12-31 1,038,330 1,248,445
2009-12-31 991,670 1,282,968
2010-12-31 1,361,682 1,307,139
2011-12-31 870,304 1,265,575
2012-12-31 1,075,719 1,180,252
2013-12-31 1,183,774 1,088,377
2014-12-31 1,321,670 1,200,924
2015-12-31 1,788,346 1,318,444
2016-12-31 1,174,739 1,155,391
2017-12-31 1,177,807 1,165,272
2018-12-31 1,266,186 1,261,377
2019-12-31 938,241 1,458,290
2020-12-31 1,245,063 1,670,175
2021-12-31 1,333,982 1,496,507
2023-03-31 1,334,842 1,616,972
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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2023
£
2021
£
Employees 28 40
Employees paid more than £60,000 2 1
Volunteers 115 111
Trustees 10
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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Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2021
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 685.1 669.6
Legacies 579.2 587.7
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 1,264.2 1,257.3
Income from charitable activities 65.7 -
Income from other trading activities - 48.5
Income from investments 4.9 5.1
Other income - 23.1
Total 1,334.8 1,334.0
Expenditure
Investment management - 0.1
Other spending on raising funds 189.4 252.7
Spending on raising funds 189.4 252.8
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 1,427.6 1,243.7
Charitable activities 1,427.6 1,243.7
Other spending - -
Total 1,617.0 1,496.5
Net income / (expenditure) (282.1) (162.5)

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Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2021
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 89.0 83.3
Investment assets - 390.9
89.0 474.3
Current assets
Current investment assets 23.3 -
Cash 246.1 208.9
Other current assets 294.2 329.9
563.6 538.8
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (41.7) (51.9)
Net current assets 522.0 486.8
Total assets less current liabilities 611.0 961.1
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets 611.0 961.1
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 158.4 105.6
Unrestricted funds 452.6 855.5
611.0 961.1

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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 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2021.

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Grants received

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Received 14 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The Clothworkers' Foundation
Small Grants Programme
£2,500 Grant to Calibre - The Cassette Library of Recorded Books
Garfield Weston Foundation
Welfare
£60,000 Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England
£9,657
1 year
40 new audiobooks for thousands of people who can't read print
Mar 2023 to Mar 2024
Rothschild Foundation
Community Fund
£30,000
3 years
Grant to Calibre Audio Library
Jul 2022 to Jul 2025
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England
£9,785
11.180327868852459 months
COVID-19 Calibre Audio New books
Jan 2022 to Dec 2022
Garfield Weston Foundation
Welfare
£30,000 Main Grants award
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust £1,500 Calibre Audio (formerly Calibre Audio Library) - 30/07/21
CAF
CAF Resilience Fund Phase 1
£31,319 Grant to Calibre Audio Library
R S Macdonald Charitable Trust £6,500 Connecting, Stimulating and Empowering Disabled People in Scotland through Audiobooks
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,960 Coronavirus Community Support Fund

Data source

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