REBECCA SWIFT FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1177863
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Nurturing the craft, creativity and wellbeing of women poets in the UK. The Rebecca Swift Foundation provides support and creative professional development opportunities through the Women Poets' Prize.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £18,530
Total expenditure: £21,515

People

8 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:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 09 April 2018: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding 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

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Martha Sprackland Trustee 10 February 2022
None on record
Alice May Dewing Trustee 10 February 2022
None on record
Amanda Jones Trustee 10 February 2022
None on record
Rebecca Rendle Trustee 22 September 2021
None on record
Jonathon Ronald Slack Trustee 06 February 2019
None on record
CATHRYN JAMES Trustee 21 December 2017
None on record
TOM WILCOX Trustee 21 December 2017
None on record
FIONA MCMORROUGH Trustee 21 December 2017
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 £12.22k £2.23k £20.71k £43.44k £18.53k
Total expenditure £12.52k £17.17k £20.27k £41.32k £21.52k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £20.12k 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 17 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 05 December 2023 35 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 05 December 2023 35 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 22 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 09 October 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 INCORPORATED 21 DEC 2017

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY POETRY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY AWARDING A BIANNUAL PRIZE TO BE KNOWN AS THE WOMEN POETS' PRIZE TO WOMEN POETS WHO ARE BRITISH NATIONALS OR RESIDENT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

Contact information

Address:
Rebecca Swift Foundation
5 St Johns Lane
London
EC1M 4BH
Phone:
02031172520
Email:
info@rebeccaswiftfoundation.org
Website:

http://rebeccaswiftfoundation.org/ Open in new window