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Registered charity · Merseyside

Writing on the Wall Limited

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £412k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens and more
Website
www.writingonthewall.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Writing on the Wall Limited
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£412k£453k
  • 2024£810k£581k
  • 2023£536k£528k
Earlier years
  • 2022£694k£604k
  • 2021£672k£436k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 7% · Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART AND PRACTICE OF WRITING BY THE PROVISION OF FESTIVALS, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES AND THROUGH THE EXPLORATION OF NEW MEDIA WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTING LEARNING AND ENCOURAGING NEW WRITING.

Grants received

15 grants · £919,107 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £360,696 (5 grants)
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £318,930 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £88,602 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £70,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £44,921

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

1.4y median 0y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Economic/community Development/employment 6Education/training 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 8Arts and leisure 6Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£412k latest income
18%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1098868
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 FEBRUARY 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14TH JULY 2003
Companies House
Company number 04675589 · Active
Contact on the register
0151 703 0020 · info@writingonthewall.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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