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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 September 2025
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The director shown below has held office during the period of
24 September 2024
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30 September 2025
Secretary
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Secretary
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The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
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Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
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During the financial year, BookTastic delivered children's book festivals and associated reading activities through its hub-and-spoke model, operating in Bedford and Barrow-in-Furness, and working with Newbury to deliver a new site in 2027. 2,863 children took part directly, from 23 schools The company's activities addressed reading poverty: the gap between children who read for pleasure and those who do not, which persists independently of economic deprivation. Rather than delivering literacy instruction, BookTastic's festivals give children direct access to authors, illustrators and books they choose themselves, using a child-led voting mechanism to shape programming. Measured reading enjoyment among participating children rose from 32% before the festival to 74% afterwards. All participating schools returned in the following cycle. The cost per child was £16.50, meaning benefit was delivered at a level that schools and funders in low-income areas could sustain. Beyond the children who attended, benefit extended to participating schools, which received lesson plans retained after the festival; to families, through free books; and to the wider local community in each hub area through free public events. Activity was supported by The Harpur Trust, Barrow Rising, and BookTrust and delivered in partnership with publishers including Scholastic, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House and Bloomsbury.
BookTastic's principal stakeholders are the children who attend its festivals, the schools that bring them, participating families, publisher partners, and funders. Consultation with children is built into the delivery model rather than conducted separately. Children vote directly on programming through BookTastic's child-led voting mechanism, determining which authors, illustrators and titles feature in each festival. In the financial year, all participating children were consulted in the programming process across both locations. Schools were consulted through pre- and post-festival feedback forms, teacher debriefs and termly meetings, with all participating schools responding. Publisher partners were consulted on author availability, title selection and co-delivery].. Funders were asked for feedback on previous years' reporting to ensure the reports they receive made a genuine contribution to their work. Views gathered during the year were incorporated into BookTastic's Delivery Playbook, which sets the operating standard applied across all hubs.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
2 June 2026
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Rachael Rogan
Status: Director