COMMONWORD ENTERPRISES LTD

Registered charity 1152499 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMONWORD

We are a writing development agency running workshops, literature events, seminars, running competitions and occasional events. As part of our activities, from time to time we publish physical books averaging 2 per year and e-books averaging 2 per year.

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Latest income
£269k
Latest spending
£218k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial liquid reserves stood at £133,675 at year end, which is above the stated target reserve of £101,597. The management committee reports that the financial model has proved robust and all funding milestones were met. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months in relation to known liabilities, along with a smaller additional provision of one month of free reserves for unforeseen liabilities (held: £134k)
“On this basis our target reserve is £101,597.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Salford City · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£269k£218k
31/03/2024£209k£189k
31/03/2023£107k£110k
31/03/2022£150k£152k
31/03/2021£96k£124k

Common questions

Is COMMONWORD ENTERPRISES LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial liquid reserves stood at £133,675 at year end, which is above the stated target reserve of £101,597. The management committee reports that the financial model has proved robust and all funding milestones were met. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit. 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 Heritage Fund04/07/2023£159k"Mapping Manchester: Recovering the CityÂ’s Radical Small Press History"
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2022£10kThrough the darkness
The National Lottery Community Fund26/02/2020£9kCoordinate
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/02/2018£70k"Commonword Community Writing Archive Project"
The National Lottery Community Fund14/11/2014£259kYoung Identity
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/08/2010£50k"Cultureword 'Ghosts'"
The National Lottery Community Fund09/06/2010£102kYoung Identity