POETSIN

Registered charity 1174754 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the rehabilitation and mental health of those with mental-illness, disabilities, addictions, those who're homeless or imprisoned, at risk of offending/re-offending upon release through the use of creative writing and mentoring to help aid mental wellbeing, reduce anxiety, depression, self- harm and increase self-confidence and self-worth of those who struggle with social anxiety.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION AND THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, DISABILITIES, ADDICTIONS, THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IMPRISONED OR AT RISK OF OFFENDING / RE-OFFENDING UPON RELEASE FROM PRISON THROUGH THE USE OF CREATIVE WRITING AND MENTORING TO HELP AID MENTAL WELLBEING, REDUCE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SELF-HARM AND TO INCREASE SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-WORTH OF THOSE WHO STRUGGLE WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Peterborough, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £81,810 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £187,319 to £105,509. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds excluding designated funds stood at £97,009, which is equivalent to 4.8 months of expenditure, falling below the stated policy target of six to nine months. The trustees maintain that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — PoetsIN (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• I.HAWTINchair
• A.MCCART
• Benjamin Smyth
• Lucy Wilsher
• Mark Walters

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Rethink Mental Illness.

• Rethink Mental Illness income £43.9m
• THE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION income £54k
• ENGLISH PEN income £663k
• DIG IN income £109k
• THE POETRY SCHOOL income £475k
• POETRY LONDON LTD income £130k

Side by side with its peers

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