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Registered charity (CIO) · Peterborough

Poetsin

Poetsin is a registered charity (number 1174754) based in Peterborough, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by I.Hawtin since 2017. Latest income £209k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £209k (2024)
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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
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.poetsin.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£209k£291k
  • 2023£260k£235k
  • 2022£265k£180k
Earlier years
  • 2021£121k£104k
  • 2020£118k£71k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION AND THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, DISABILITIES, ADDICTIONS, THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IMPRISONED OR AT RISK OF OFFENDING / RE-OFFENDING UPON RELEASE FROM PRISON THROUGH THE USE OF CREATIVE WRITING AND MENTORING TO HELP AID MENTAL WELLBEING, REDUCE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SELF-HARM AND TO INCREASE SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-WORTH OF THOSE WHO STRUGGLE WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Grants received

14 grants · £201,441 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.

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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.

5 trustees on the board

6y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
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 5Disability 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.

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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£209k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1174754
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Sep 2017
Contact on the register
02039240344 · info@poetsin.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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