WORLDWRITE

Charity number: 1060869
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

WORLDwrite advances the education of young people aged 16 to 25 years, promotes international understanding, facilitates the use of film, new media and Citizen TV and encourages young people to develop new skills through volunteering. It is not a grant giving charity.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 October 2025

Total income: £39,160
Total expenditure: £40,595

People

3 Trustee(s)

300 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 February 1997: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Graham Barnfield Trustee 15 May 2019
None on record
DR SHIRLEY LAWES Trustee
None on record
KIRK LEECH Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/10/2021 31/10/2022 31/10/2023 31/10/2024 31/10/2025
Total gross income £87.69k £95.01k £64.97k £44.11k £39.16k
Total expenditure £76.50k £85.19k £85.16k £48.02k £40.60k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £24.35k 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 October 2025 29 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2025 31 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2024 21 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2024 21 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2023 26 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2023 26 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2022 08 February 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2022 08 February 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 October 2021 18 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 October 2021 19 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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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.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 6 DECEMBER 1996 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEEDS DATED 13 FEBRUARY 1997, 14 JANUARY 2004 AND 28 JULY 2009

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 25 YEARS INCLUSIVE, PARTICULARLY BY WAY OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES AND TOURS, IN SUBJECTS SUCH AS HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, CULTURE AND LANGUAGES AND IN INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS SO AS TO ASSIST SUCH YOUNG PERSONS IN GROWING TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

Area of benefit

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

UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

Contact information

Address:
201 Millfields Road
London
E5 0AL
Phone:
02089855435
Email:
world.write@btconnect.com
Website:

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