REBECCA SWIFT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1177863 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Nurturing the craft, creativity and wellbeing of women poets in the UK. The Rebecca Swift Foundation provides support and creative professional development opportunities through a range of programmes.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY POETRY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY AWARDING A BIANNUAL PRIZE TO BE KNOWN AS THE WOMEN POETS' PRIZE TO WOMEN POETS WHO ARE BRITISH NATIONALS OR RESIDENT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

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: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had total unrestricted funds of £31,282 and total funds of £47,259 as of 31 December 2025. The filing notes that the charity received £2,652 in donations and £8,880 in membership income, with significant funding from Arts Council England. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts do not comply with accounting requirements.

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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 05/12/2023, 35 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rebecca Swift Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “The Women Poets' Network was set up with support from Arts Council England” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice May Dewing
• CATHRYN JAMES
• Dr Lisa Hilary Gee
• Flora Faith-Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathon Ronald Slack
• Keira Brown
• Nicola Nuttall

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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