THE POETRY TRANSLATION CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1123056 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Poetry Translation Centre enriches poetry in English by commissioning and promoting translation of contemporary poetry from Africa, Asia and Latin America to a high literary standard.

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Latest income

£211k

Latest spending

£234k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £23,778 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £210,658 and expenditure of £234,436. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £63,424, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £40,000, due to a fundraising shortfall.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £63k)

“Our aim is to maintain, in addition to any restricted and designated funds, an unrestricted reserves equivalent to 3 months running costs. At current levels this is approximately £40,000.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Arts Council England — “We are an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation” (source page)
National Lottery — “supported in our 20th birthday year by a National Lottery Project Grant” (source page)
LTI Korea — “New publications grants include LTI Korea” (source page)
Estate of Sarah Maguire — “The Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation is supported by the Estate of Sarah Maguire” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Cecilia Rossichair
Bernie Mayall · trustee of 1 other charity
Bohdan Andrzej Piasecki
Jorge Llorens Ferrero
Matthew Beavers
Monica Maria Parle
Niroshini Somasundaram
Supriyo Chaudhuri
Tatevik Sargsyan · trustee of 1 other charity
Will Forrester

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£211k	£234k
31/03/2024	£173k	£229k
31/03/2023	£223k	£228k
31/03/2022	£235k	£207k
31/03/2021	£252k	£214k

Common questions

Is THE POETRY TRANSLATION CENTRE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £23,778 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £210,658 and expenditure of £234,436. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £63,424, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £40,000, due to a fundraising shortfall. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE POETRY TRANSLATION CENTRE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE POETRY TRANSLATION CENTRE LTD as a grant recipient include ENGLISH PEN, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST, THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ENGLISH PEN	FY2025	£8k	Writers in Translation
ENGLISH PEN	FY2023	£2k	PEN Translates
ENGLISH PEN	FY2024	£1k	PEN Translates
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Quarterly Grants for Institutions - Round Three - The Arts - BAME Communities
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k
ENGLISH PEN	FY2022	£0	Writers in Translation

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION	2	£22k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	2	£15k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	1	£815k
JUSTICE FOR JOURNALISTS FOUNDATION	1	£19k
BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION	1	£18k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MODERN POETRY IN TRANSLATION LIMITED.

MODERN POETRY IN TRANSLATION LIMITED income £124k
POETRY LONDON LTD income £130k
ENGLISH PEN income £663k
THE POETRY SOCIETY income £1.1m
THE JOSEPHINE HART POETRY FOUNDATION income £326k
THE CENTRE FOR LITERACY IN PRIMARY EDUCATION income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE POETRY TRANSLATION CENTRE LTD	£211k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MODERN POETRY IN TRANSLATION LIMITED FY2025	£124k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
POETRY LONDON LTD FY2025	£130k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ENGLISH PEN FY2025	£663k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE POETRY SOCIETY FY2025	£1.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE JOSEPHINE HART POETRY FOUNDATION FY2024	£326k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.