POETRY IN ALDEBURGH

Registered charity 1167740 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

'Poetry in Aldeburgh' promotes the art of Poetry in Aldeburgh and the surrounding area by providing an regular Poetry Festival as well as collaborating in other Poetry events or educational outreach as opportunities arise.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF POETRY AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF POETRY IN ALDEBURGH BY PROVIDING AN ANNUAL POETRY FESTIVAL AND/OR OTHER POETRY EVENTS AND/OR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMMES.

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: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £8,618 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with cash funds carried forward totaling £15,424. The trustees report confidence in expanding the festival based on this modest surplus and support from charitable trusts and local businesses. The financial review indicates the charity aims to maintain reserves equivalent to a minimum of 12 months of operating expenditure.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Aldeburgh Gallery — “The Aldeburgh Gallery” (source page)
• Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall — “Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall” (source page)
• Chevallier Brewing Company — “Chevallier Brewing Company” (source page)
• The Golden Charitable Trust — “The Golden Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Lawson’s Delicatessen — “Lawson’s Delicatessen” (source page)
• Maria Bjӧrnson Memorial Fund — “Maria Bjӧrnson Memorial Fund” (source page)
• National Centre for Writing — “National Centre for Writing” (source page)
• Old Possum's Practical Trust — “Old Possum's Practical Trust” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• TAMAR LINDESAYchair
• Fiona Moore
• Jacqueline Saphra
• Paul Stephenson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Stein · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robin Saphra · trustee of 2 other charities
• Susannah Hart · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE POETRY SOCIETY.

• THE POETRY SOCIETY income £1.1m
• ALDEBURGH CINEMA TRUST income £418k
• NORTHERN ALDBOROUGH FESTIVAL income £151k
• WATERPERRY OPERA FESTIVAL income £748k
• STRATFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL income £307k
• THE POETRY ARCHIVE income £73k

Side by side with its peers

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