THE WORDSWORTH CONFERENCE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1124319 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation runs the Wordsworth Conference and Wordsworth Winter School and awards bursaries, funded by itself and by donors, to enable postgraduate students and others to attend these events at reduced cost.

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY ( THE OBJECTS ) AREA) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE LIFE WORK AND INFLUENCE OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ( 1750-1850 ) AND HIS CIRCLE.B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD ( 1750-1850.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, CUMBRIA

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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Registered contact address: Fife, Scotland (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss of £12,064 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by investment losses and increased general costs. Despite this, the trustees report that overall finances remain strong due to good dividends and interest, with total net assets standing at £172,074. The charity maintains various funds including an operating fund of £14,535 and a reserve fund of £26,090 to support its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Erica McAlpine
• Dr Francesca Mackenney
• Dr Jake Rowan Phipps
• Dr Paige Tovey Jones
• Dr Patricia Marie O'Boyle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Paul Whickman
• Prof Nicholas ROE FBA, FRSE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Prof Simon Bainbridge
• Professor Bruce Graver
• Professor Richard Lansdown
• Professor Saeko Yoshikawa

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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