Registered charity · New Cross
Poetry London LTD
- 5 trustees
- Income £130k (2025)
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.poetrylondon.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Poetry London LTD
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£130k£140k
- 2024£143k£146k
- 2023£117k£154k
Earlier years
- 2022£142k£169k
- 2021£161k£161k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 58%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
ARE TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND WRITING OF CONTEMPORARY POETRY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
Grants received
3 grants · £103,795 total360Giving 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
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £50,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £48,795
- Fenton Arts Trust · £5,000
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Ian James Webster Chair since 2020
- Ali Lewis since 2024
- Isabel Galleymore since 2024
- Jane Desmarais since 2023
- Rory Waterman since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Ian James Webster Chair since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Ian James Webster Chair since 2020
- Ali Lewis since 2024
- Isabel Galleymore since 2024
- Jane Desmarais since 2023
- Rory Waterman since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1119433
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 24 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 22 JANUARY 2007
- Companies House
- Company number 06009590 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 8228 5707 · admin@poetrylondon.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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