THE POETRY TRANSLATION CENTRE LTD

Charity number: 1123056
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Poetry Translation Centre enriches poetry in English by commissioning and promoting translation of contemporary poetry from Africa, Asia and Latin America to a high literary standard.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £173,043
Total expenditure: £228,592

Total income includes £138,171 from 2 government grant(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

3 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

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • 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

Governance

Registration history:
  • 04 March 2008: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
06313466 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Bohdan Andrzej Piasecki Chair 01 January 2020
None on record
Tatevik Sargsyan Trustee 22 September 2021
THE LIPMAN-MILIBAND TRUST
Received: On time
Jorge Llorens Ferrero Trustee 01 January 2020
None on record
Catherine Janet Sarah Remmington Trustee 12 December 2018
None on record
Alireza Hassani Trustee 12 December 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £230.61k £252.06k £235.46k £223.25k £173.04k
Total expenditure £244.95k £213.95k £206.73k £228.02k £228.59k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £183.83k £149.37k £151.07k £179.87k £138.17k

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 March 2024 04 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 04 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 23 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 23 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 16 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 16 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 18 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 18 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 15 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 15 December 2020 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES (INCORPORATED) 16 JULY 2007 (AMENDED BY RESOLUTION) 25 FEBRUARY 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 SEP 2014

Charitable objects

3.1.A)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF POETRY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY TRANSLATING INTO ENGLISH AND MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC CONTEMPORARY POETRY FROM NON-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES B) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT ISSUES RELATING TO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BY INTRODUCING THE PUBLIC TO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES CONTEMPORARY POETRY AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT."

Area of benefit

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

UNDEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

Contact information

Address:
THE POETRY TRANSLATION CENTRE
The Albany
Albany Centre & Theatre
Douglas Way
Deptford
LONDON
Phone:
07785568412
Email:
info@poetrytranslation.org
Website:

www.poetrytranslation.org Open in new window