WRITING WEST MIDLANDS LTD

Charity Number: 1147710
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To advance education in the arts for the public benefit by promotion of creative writing in particular but not exclusively in the West Midlands region of the UK.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £268,485
Total expenditure: £278,379

People

9 Trustee(s)

40 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:
  • 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
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 June 2012: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
06264124 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Sandra van Lente Trustee 01 December 2022
None on record
Laura Aimee Willis Trustee 01 December 2021
None on record
Robert James Elkington Trustee 01 December 2021
None on record
Professor Thomas Edward Glave Jr Trustee 05 November 2021
None on record
Dr Lisa Blower Trustee 01 December 2019
None on record
Nikki Bi Trustee 01 December 2019
None on record
George Dane Bastow Trustee 01 December 2019
None on record
Olwen Jane Brown Trustee 14 May 2017
None on record
Professor Gregory Leadbetter Trustee 10 September 2013
THE FRIENDS OF COLERIDGE
Received: On time

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 £347.52k £279.58k £468.28k £348.80k £268.49k
Total expenditure £316.71k £239.12k £457.75k £342.43k £278.38k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £10.00k 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 March 2024 02 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 02 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 04 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 04 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 22 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 22 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 01 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 01 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 02 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 02 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 13 MAR 2012

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTION OF CREATIVE WRITING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WEST MIDLANDS REGION OF THE UK.

Contact information

Address:
130 Zellig Building
Gibb Street
Birmingham
B9 4AT
Phone:
01212462770
Email:
jonathan@writingwestmidlands.org
Website:

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