WINCHESTER POETRY FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1150997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The first major festival in the south of England dedicated to poetry.It is intended to celebrate poetry within a civic environment in order to ensure the widest possible degree of public awareness and enjoyment.The festival aims to establish a structure, style and necessary partnerships for it to become a biennial event after the inaugural festival of 2014.

Objects

1. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO POETRY2. TO ENCOURAGE THE ENJOYMENT, APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF LITERATURE, THE BENEFICIARIES BEING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THROUGHOUT HAMPSHIRE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £36,045, which is above the trustees' agreed minimum policy target of £10,000. The charity reported a net deficit of £15,439 for the year, with total income of £35,325 against total payments of £50,763. The trustees noted that the anticipated surplus on the 2025 account (likely referring to the net position before specific adjustments or a different accounting view, though the R&P shows a deficit) would be ringfenced for future years, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
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• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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Trustees · trustee networks

• Abanti Mukhopadhyay Chakrabarty
• Andrew O'Hanlon · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Hill
• JANE VERSTEEG BRYANT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jeremy Wikeley
• Jo Fisher
• Jonathan Whitfield
• Susmita Bhattacharya

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

Operates in: Hampshire

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