Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
Future income +5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 14

POETIC UNITY

Poetic Unity is a Brixton based charity that provides support and services for children and young people across the UK. Our vision is to help young people find their voice, feel valued in society and to empower them to reach their highest potential. We use poetry as a tool to support young people's mental health, education, personal development, physical health, and community cohesion.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£157	£159	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/21	£155	£132	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/20	£63	£30	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/19	£25	£22	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/18	£15	£16	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	6
31/12/17	£13	£13	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.poeticunity.org.uk

info@poeticunity.org.uk

07581266706

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for young people

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Esmee Fairbairn	£180,000
The London Community Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£10,000
City Bridge Trust	£10,000
London Borough of Southwark	£3,333

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to POETIC UNITY
£180,000	06/09/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs of an organisation working to give a voice to the voiceless, using poetry as a tool to support mental health, education and personal development
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Poetic Unity
£1,000	17/02/2021	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Poetic Unity
£10,000	20/11/2020 3	The funding is for educational workshops and mental health support for young people.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	06/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Poetic Unity
£10,000	11/06/2020	£10,000.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Poetic Unity
£3,333	01/04/2020	COVID-19 community grants wave 1 grant from the Finance & Governance department
National Lottery Community Fund - Unity is Key
£10,000	25/01/2019 12	The project will develop and deliver a programme of poetry workshops and mentoring sessions for young people. The aim is to support young peoples development and improve self-esteem.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 28-42

ADEKOLA ADEBIYI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Financial Consultant

SASHA SHANTEL BENNETT (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: None

TEMWANI MELIDA MWALE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

LUCRECIA SELINE AUGUSTIN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: None

NAOMI LOUISE MATTHEWS-ROBINSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: None

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/03/2017, number: 1171832
Registered at Companies House on 20/11/2015, number: 09882990

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

1 Windrush Square
Brixton
London
SW2 1EF

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE SUBJECT OF POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD;2. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN LONDON BY ORGANISING WORKSHOP PROGRAMMES AND EVENTS AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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