Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 17

LEDBURY POETRY

The Charity seeks to advance the education of the public in the appreciation of the arts in all their forms, including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the presentation, organisation and promotion of poetry. This is achieved by the production of the LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL and bringing poetry actively to children, the elderly and mentally distressed throughout the year.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24		£390	£344	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23?		£356	£340	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/21		£163	£150	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/20		£158	£130	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/19		£230	£223	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/18	*	£216	£204	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/17		£208	£216	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/16		£212	£197	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/15		£197	£191	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/14		£177	£196	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/13		£185	£194	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/12		£162	£145	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/11		£142	£147	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/10		£146	£162	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/09?		£168	£170	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/08	*	£137	£121	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/07	*	£125	£123	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/06	*	£130	£124	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/05		£123	£128	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/04		£147	£135	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years

www.ledburypoetry.org.uk

director@ledburypoetry.org.uk

01531 636232

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£54,042
The Foyle Foundation	£10,000
Herefordshire Community Foundation	£8,468

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Crucial Creators
£3,000	23/01/2024 8	Grant to Ledbury Poetry Festival
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Crucial Creators
£3,968	16/05/2022	Grant to Ledbury Poetry Festival
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Crucial Creators
£1,500	27/04/2022	Grant to Ledbury Poetry Festival
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£10,000	11/02/2021	towards support for new and emerging poets over next 12 months
DCMS - Ledbury Poetry Festival
£54,042	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000	14/02/2018 36	Community Programme of LPF
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ledbury Poetry Festival
£3,592	29/11/2017	Help us provide free street entertainment during the Festival, so income is no barrier to attending cultural events.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ledbury Poetry Festival
£34,500	20/04/2015 36	Towards the continuation and development of the Festival's year-round community support programme that works with vulnerable and isolated groups.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Ledbury Poetry Festival
£30,000	09/08/2011	Towards the festival's community programme, enabling poets to work with the elderly, adults with mental health issues or disabilities, to help them to participate and engage.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-79

ADAM CAIRNS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

BRENDA MARY READ-BROWN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Writer

CURTIS FULCHER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Librarian

DR KIMBERLY CAMPANELLO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: University Lecturer

DR SARAH HOWE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Poet / Academic

NIGEL CHRISTOPHER HARMSWORTH FALLS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

PETER JOHN ARSCOTT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Self Employed

PROFESSOR SANDEEP PARMAR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Professor Of English

ROBERT BEST Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Management Consultant

STEPHEN JOHN DUDLEY HICKSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/11/1996, number: 1059465
Registered at Companies House on 18/10/1996, number: 03265057

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 67 days late, AR08: 26 days late, AR07: 34 days late, AR06: 54 days late,

Main office

Barrett Browning Institute
Bye Street
LEDBURY
Herefordshire
HR8 2AA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS IN ALL THEIR FORMS, INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE PRESENTATION, ORGANISING AND PROMOTION OF POETRY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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