POETRY IN WOOD CIO

Registered charity 1192814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POETRY IN WOOD, POETRY IN WOOD CIC

We run an accredited course through the Open College Network called 'product Design and development for people with learning disabilities and autism. This is basically art, design and woodwork. We also have Design studio for graduates of the course who work on commissions from the public

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM AND/OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LIVING IN TOWER HAMLETS, HACKNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF AN NVQ ACCREDITED TRAINING COURSE USING WORKSHOPS IN ART, DESIGN AND WOODWORK.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE, ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net liabilities of £5,756, having incurred a net expenditure of £10,559 against income of £115,994. The trustees report that the charity is up to date with HMRC debt and is successfully keeping up with a repayment plan for historical rent debt to Tower Hamlets Council. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to suggest non-compliance with statutory 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds 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

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 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2025 (received 29/01/2026, 60 days after the 30/11/2025 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Hogan Lovells PLC — “With Gratitude To Hogan Lovells PLC, Spitalfields Market Trust, London Borough Of Tower Hamlets CCG,” (source page)
• Spitalfields Market Trust — “With Gratitude To Hogan Lovells PLC, Spitalfields Market Trust, London Borough Of Tower Hamlets CCG,” (source page)
• London Borough Of Tower Hamlets CCG — “With Gratitude To Hogan Lovells PLC, Spitalfields Market Trust, London Borough Of Tower Hamlets CCG,” (source page)
• London Borough Of Tower Hamlets CLDS — “London Borough Of Tower Hamlets CLDS,” (source page)
• London Borough Of Hackney — “London Borough Of Hackney, Spitalfields Small Business Association, Vibrance,” (source page)
• Spitalfields Small Business Association — “London Borough Of Hackney, Spitalfields Small Business Association, Vibrance,” (source page)
• Vibrance — “London Borough Of Hackney, Spitalfields Small Business Association, Vibrance,” (source page)
• Cranfield Trust — “Cranfield Trust, Wakefield Trust, Canary Wharf Group,” (source page)
• Wakefield Trust — “Cranfield Trust, Wakefield Trust, Canary Wharf Group,” (source page)
• Canary Wharf Group — “Cranfield Trust, Wakefield Trust, Canary Wharf Group,” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Thomas Newellchair

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

Operates in: Hackney · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILD ABOUT OUR WOODS CIO.

• WILD ABOUT OUR WOODS CIO income £66k
• AUTISM MATTERS income £1.4m
• LONDON AUTISM GROUP CHARITY income £52k
• ACCESSIBLE ARTS & MEDIA income £190k
• ARCADEA CIO income £334k
• DEMAND DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE FOR DISABILITY income £361k

Side by side with its peers

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