POW THANET

Registered charity 1174980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POW! THANET

A mixed arts festival of work mainly by women in and around Thanet, Kent, with a year-round programme of arts-led community activities.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:- (A) PROMOTING AND STAGING AN ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY; (B) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS(C) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING GENERAL AWARENESS AMONG THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FACING THE LIVES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.

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 the charity held a bank balance of £9,611 and unrestricted reserves of £11,911 at year-end, with a net movement in funds of a deficit of £16,814. Per the trustees' report, the charity is undergoing a managed closure due to financial instability and the inability to secure sustainable core funding, with a projected small unrestricted surplus of approximately £5,000 remaining after settling liabilities.

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 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Nena Foster
• Eilidh Macpherson
• Lara Wilks Sloane
• Sophie Clissold-Lesser · trustee of 3 other charities
• Stevie Tyler · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Thanet Community Churches.

• Thanet Community Churches income £280k
• CANTERBURY THEATRE AND FESTIVAL TRUST income £612k
• THANET FOOD LINK LTD income £116k
• THE POWER HOUSE (POOLE) income £108k
• CITIZENS ADVICE THANET income £362k
• THE FOLKESTONE - HYTHE OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY income £341k

Side by side with its peers

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