LEWES LIVE LITERATURE

Registered charity 1071730 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity organises and promotes arts events and literary events and makes literary productions for the education and entertainment of the general public. The charity also runs creative writing classes and other participative activities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF LITERATURE AND THE SPOKEN WORD.

Area of benefit: LEWES, EAST SUSSEX

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£49k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a profit of £5,888 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £16,520. The trustees report that the charity currently has no reserves policy and does not commit to expenditure without necessary funding in place. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Grants - project related 35,688” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£49k£43k
31/03/2024£31k£26k
31/03/2023£34k£35k
31/03/2022£31k£50k
31/03/2021£43k£14k

Common questions

Is LEWES LIVE LITERATURE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a profit of £5,888 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £16,520. The trustees report that the charity currently has no reserves policy and does not commit to expenditure without necessary funding in place. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2009£10kPoland-by-the-Sea / (Polska-nad-Morzem)
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2005£5kEquipment