THE JOSEPHINE HART POETRY FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1145062
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Charity delivers live poetry readings and has developed an app to make poetry free and accessible enabling public all over the world to hear and see some of the world's great poetry read aloud by some of the greatest actors.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £66,930
Total expenditure: £131,012

People

4 Trustee(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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 December 2011: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
07867493 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Timothy Duffy Trustee 24 January 2025
None on record
Michael Grandage Trustee 10 May 2024
None on record
LORD MAURICE SAATCHI Trustee 12 December 2011
None on record
MONIQUE HENRY Trustee 12 December 2011
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 £19.15k £15.29k £1.86k £12.81k £66.93k
Total expenditure £168.44k £104.43k £103.95k £152.95k £131.01k
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 26 June 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 09 September 2024 On Time
Annual return 31 December 2022 04 August 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 23 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 12 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2019 05 January 2021 66 days late
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 INCORPORATED 01/12/2011

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 1. TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE ART OF LITERATURE AND POETRY; 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN LITERATURE AND POETRY; AND 3. TO ADVANCE OR PROMOTE SUCH FURTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit

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

ENGLAND AND WALES

Contact information

Address:
128
City Road
EC1V 2NX
Phone:
02075434510
Email:
info@thepoetryhour.com
Website:

https://www.thepoetryhour.com/ Open in new window