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Registered charity (CIO) · Leeds

National Poetry Centre

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £393k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.nationalpoetrycentre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2022

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£393k£333k
  • 2024£120k£76k

Income trend, 2024 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE ART AND CULTURE OF POETRY AND LITERATURE AND ASSOCIATED SUBJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A NATIONAL POETRY CENTRE IN LEEDS

Grants received

4 grants · £343,066 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 · £223,066
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £60,000
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £60,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £223,0662024-09-09
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £20,0002024-06-26
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £40,0002024-03-06
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £60,0002023-01-30
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.

9 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

7
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 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9

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

Arts and leisure 10Education 2Professional services 2

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 2 years.
2024
2025
incomespending£393k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1200861
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 31 Oct 2022 as amended on 11 Jan 2024
Contact on the register
07941 946096 · emily.penn@nationalpoetrycentre.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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