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The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £326k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.thepoetryhour.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£326k£126k
  • 2024£258k£160k
  • 2023£67k£131k
Earlier years
  • 2022£13k£153k
  • 2021£2k£104k
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; AND3. TO ADVANCE OR PROMOTE SUCH FURTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4 trustees on the board

8.2y median 8.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

26.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

4
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 4Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4

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

Professional services 17Arts and leisure 8Tech and media 6

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£258k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1145062
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/12/2011
Companies House
Company number 07867493 · Active
Contact on the register
02075434510 · info@thepoetryhour.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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