THE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCHING AND APPLYING METAPHOR (RAAM)

Charity Number: 1119686
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

RaAM's aim is to advance the study of metaphor for the public benefit. To this end it organises annual international metaphor conferences/seminars and practical training workshops, offers prizes for high quality presentations by research students and publications by academics early in their career, and tries to bring together academics and students.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 04 April 2024

Total income: £8,724
Total expenditure: £11,057

People

8 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 June 2007: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Professor Jeannette Littlemore Trustee 24 September 2022
None on record
Dr Sarah Lucy Turner Trustee 24 September 2022
None on record
Dr Alan Wallington Trustee 24 September 2022
None on record
Caroline Girardi Ferrari Trustee 24 September 2022
None on record
Dr Paula Perez Sobrino Trustee 17 November 2021
None on record
Dr Sui He Trustee 25 June 2021
None on record
Dr Lorena Bort Mir Trustee 20 June 2020
None on record
Dr Justyna Wawrzyniuk Trustee 20 June 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 04/04/2020 04/04/2021 04/04/2022 04/04/2023 04/04/2024
Total gross income £3.65k £9.03k £9.47k £8.20k £8.72k
Total expenditure £2.40k £1.37k £1.42k £3.56k £11.06k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 04 April 2024 03 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 04 April 2024 Not Required
Annual return 04 April 2023 02 February 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 04 April 2023 Not Required
Annual return 04 April 2022 30 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 04 April 2022 Not Required
Annual return 04 April 2021 12 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 04 April 2021 Not Required
Annual return 04 April 2020 30 July 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 04 April 2020 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 APRIL 2006 AS AMENDED AT AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DATED 22 MARCH 2007.

Charitable objects

3. THE OBJECTS. RAAM IS AN INTERNATIONAL, NON-POLITICAL AND INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION ITS OBJECT IS: TO ADVANCE THE STUDY OF METAPHOR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WITH A COMMITMENT TO THE APPLICATION OF METAPHOR RESEARCH TO REAL WORLD ISSUES.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED.

Contact information

Address:
Department of English Language & Linguistics
University Of Birmingham
Edgbaston
BIRMINGHAM
B15 2TT
Phone:
0121 414 6208
Email:
j.m.littlemore@bham.ac.uk
Website:

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