POEMS IN THE WAITING ROOM LIMITED

Charity Number: 1099033
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Poems in the Waiting Room is an arts in health and wellbeing charity, providing online poetry for patients to read while waiting to see their NHS doctor. There is no charge to patient or to the NHS. Poems are selected and professionally evaluated for suitability for reading in a healthcare context.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £615
Total expenditure: £121

People

3 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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 August 2003: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
04836215 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ISOBEL ANNETTE PLATINGS Trustee
None on record
ELIZABETH MARY ANNE PATIENCE Trustee
None on record
EDMUND SIMON LEE Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £13.22k £7.29k £1.68k £885 £615
Total expenditure £12.46k £8.20k £126 £0 £121
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 31 December 2023 31 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 23 September 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 01 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 06 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2019 12 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 JULY 2003

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE COMPOSITION AND THE APPRECIATION OF POETRY, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION IN HEALTH SERVICE WAITING AREAS OF THE SERIES OF POETRY PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS KNOWN AS 'POEMS IN THE WAITING ROOM'.

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
The Barn
Court Drive
Apperley
GLOUCESTER
GL19 4DH
Phone:
07977662814
Email:
helen.lee@poemsinthewaitingroom.org
Website:

www.poemsinthewaitingroom.org Open in new window