# STEPHEN SPENDER TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1101304
- **Other names:** THE STEPHEN SPENDER MEMORIAL TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04891164](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04891164)
- **Registered:** Dec. 19, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1101304


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o MML, The Schwarzman Centre, The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, OXFORD
- **Postcode:** OX2 6GG
- **Phone:** 07967 033514
- **Email:** info@stephen-spender.org
- **Website:** www.stephen-spender.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY LITERATURE (INCLUDING POETRY), ITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AND AFTER THE 20TH CENTURY, WITH SPECIAL BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF STEPHEN SPENDER AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES;2. TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY LITERATURE AS AFORESAID, AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;3. TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE;

**Activities:** The Stephen Spender Trust promotes literary translation and works to widen knowledge of 20th century literature with particular focus on Stephen Spender and his circle of writers.




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Jonathan Paul Cree Heawood** | Chair | June 30, 2017 |
| Ben Bransfield |  | Oct. 10, 2019 |
| Dr Faye Catherine Taylor |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| Maud Carmen Waret |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| Rebecca Hart |  | July 30, 2024 |




