Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 12

POETSIN

To promote the rehabilitation and mental health of those with mental-illness, disabilities, addictions, those who're homeless or imprisoned, at risk of offending/re-offending upon release through the use of creative writing and mentoring to help aid mental wellbeing, reduce anxiety, depression, self- harm and increase self-confidence and self-worth of those who struggle with social anxiety.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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
30/09/23	£260	£235	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/09/22	£265	£180	£86	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/09/21	£121	£104	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/09/20	£118	£71	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/09/19	£60	£44	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/09/18	£47	£35	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.poetsin.com

info@poetsin.com

02039240344

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£81,695
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,630
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£9,882
Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to PoetsIN Creative Mental Health Workshops
£1,464	21/10/2023	We would like to provide effective mental health support for children who are managing anxiety, depression and feelings of isolation through school programmes and a buddy service outside of school.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Delivering a project in a hybrid way- through schools, Mind premises (venues TBC) cafes and online.
£24,808	31/03/2023	Art and Creative Mental Health Programmes For 16 to 25 year olds
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting people with mental health illness needs and problems
£9,990	28/10/2022	The funding will be used to deliver creative workshops and wellbeing sessions for young people and adults experiencing mental ill health. The project aims to help people to improve their wellbeing ....more The funding will be used to deliver creative workshops and wellbeing sessions for young people and adults experiencing mental ill health. The project aims to help people to improve their wellbeing and develop coping mechanisms around the challenges they experience such as anxiety and depression.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	05/08/2022	Creative Mental Health Programme - Providing mental health support using a unique, creative and proven programme of support.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Supporting people with mental health issues which have intensified due to the pandemic
£39,408	09/02/2022	Funding will enable us to deliver a portfolio of creative and tested programmes, courses and wellbeing workshops,working at grass roots levels in the community, making the programmes widely ....more Funding will enable us to deliver a portfolio of creative and tested programmes, courses and wellbeing workshops,working at grass roots levels in the community, making the programmes widely accessible throughout Luton, and giving on-going support through our On-line Community and Buddy Service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Mental Health Programme™ For All
£9,640	21/05/2021	The funding will be used to provide a mental health programme which aims to reduce the symptoms of mental ill-health improve confidence and self-worth and give participants the tools to use in their ....more The funding will be used to provide a mental health programme which aims to reduce the symptoms of mental ill-health improve confidence and self-worth and give participants the tools to use in their day-to-day lives.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - PoetsIN In-person Workshops
£5,000	05/10/2020	Grant to PoetsIN
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,882	18/08/2020	"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."
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Stream 1 - Delivery or Support Costs
£7,500	09/04/2020 3	Grant to PoetsIN
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to PoetsIN
£9,979	17/02/2020 11	PoetsIN Mental Health Workshops™

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

A.MCCART Appointed: 2017

I.HAWTIN (Chair) Appointed: 2017

BENJAMIN SMYTH Appointed: 2022

LUCY WILSHER Appointed: 2022

MARK WALTERS Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/09/2017, number: 1174754

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

POETSIN
ECO INNOVATION CENTRE
PETERSCOURT
CITY ROAD
PETERBOROUGH
PE1 1SA

Objectives

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.

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