KEATS - SHELLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)

Registered charity 212692 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To facilitate appreciation of the works of the two Poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley and their circle;To keep the House in Rome as a memorial to them by way of a museum and library available to the public;To preserve books and articles linked with the two Poets;To take care of the graves in Rome of the two Poets;To generally preserve the memory and works of the two Poets.

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Latest income

£646k

Latest spending

£542k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £104,128 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds of £6,402,142. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting approximately 12 months of unrestricted expenditure, and the unrestricted operating fund stood at £770,374, which is below the implied target given the total unrestricted expenditure of £542,260 plus investment income. The charity is audited by Topaz Solutions Limited, which confirmed no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 12 months unrestricted expenditure (held: £770k)

“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain the operating fund at a level that equates to approximately 12 months unrestricted expenditure” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Topaz Solutions Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£646k

Total spending

£542k

Cost of raising funds

£95k

Reserves (reported)

£1.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~34.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (46% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Adrian Earle
Anthony Robert inglis Gardner
Bathsheba Morabito
DEBORAH HODGES
Dr Anna Camilleri
Dr Anna Mercer
Dr James Michael Grande
Dr Joseph Spence
Earl of Woolton · trustee of 1 other charity
Edward Wiiliam George Bayntun-Coward
Joe Bates
Jonathan Leigh-HUnt
Laura Savio Foster
Lord Harry James Abinger
Margaret Beehan
Reeta Chakrabarti

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

Operates in: Italy · Throughout England · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£646k	£542k
31/12/2023	£597k	£492k
31/12/2022	£535k	£519k
31/12/2021	£431k	£468k
31/12/2020	£377k	£418k

Common questions

Is KEATS - SHELLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £104,128 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds of £6,402,142. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting approximately 12 months of unrestricted expenditure, and the unrestricted operating fund stood at £770,374, which is below the implied target given the total unrestricted expenditure of £542,260 plus investment income. The charity is audited by Topaz Solutions Limited, which confirmed no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Topaz Solutions Limited.

Who funds KEATS - SHELLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KEATS - SHELLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) as a grant recipient include THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST, Friends of the Nations' Libraries, THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£42k	Advancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£21k	Advancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£15k	Advancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
Friends of the Nations' Libraries	FY2025	£10k	Acquisition of an autograph letter of Mary Shelley (John R. Murray Fund)
Friends of the Nations' Libraries	FY2022	£10k	Vincenzo da Filicaja, Poesie Toscane (1812) with an inscription from Percy Bysshe Shelley
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Advancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Towards the Young Romantics Competition.
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Towards its Young Romantics Competition in 2024.
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k	Towards its Young Romantics competition on the theme of 'Writ in Water'.
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k	Education & Academic
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	FY2024	£500

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION	3	£37k
OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST	2	£4.2m
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£2.5m
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	1	£815k
THE ROTHERMERE FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	1	£10k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEATS HOUSE.

KEATS HOUSE income £709k
POETRY LONDON LTD income £130k
THE INCORPORATED EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS income £137k
THE DICKENS HOUSE AND THE DICKENS HOUSE FUND income £982k
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION income £2.5m
THE POETRY SOCIETY income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KEATS - SHELLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)	£646k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KEATS HOUSE FY2025	£709k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
POETRY LONDON LTD FY2025	£130k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INCORPORATED EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS FY2025	£137k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE DICKENS HOUSE AND THE DICKENS HOUSE FUND FY2025	£982k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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