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The Wordsworth Conference Foundation

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1124319
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Oct. 31, 2025. Filing history
Registered
June 3, 2008
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
06556368

Address

Address
School of English
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
KY16 9AR

Activities

The Foundation runs the Wordsworth Conference and Wordsworth Winter School and awards bursaries, funded by itself and by donors, to enable postgraduate students and others to attend these events at reduced cost.

Objects: The Purposes Of The Company ( The Objects ) Area) To Advance The Education Of The Public In Relation To The Life Work And Influence Of William Wordsworth ( 1750-1850 ) And His Circle.b) To Advance Public Knowledge And Enjoyment Of The Literature And Culture Of The Romantic Period ( 1750-1850.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Undefined. In Practice, Cumbria
Local Authority
Cumbria

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 Oct. 31, 2025On time £65,058 £70,459
March 31, 2024 Jan. 27, 2025On time £66,892 £68,967
March 31, 2023 Jan. 10, 2024On time £56,692 £57,884
March 31, 2022 Dec. 21, 2022On time £4,143 £4,796
March 31, 2021 Jan. 31, 2022On time £5,040 £4,083

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dr Erica McAlpine Aug. 10, 2019
Dr Francesca Mackenney Sept. 25, 2024
Dr Jake Rowan Phipps Jan. 31, 2024
Dr Paige Tovey Jones Feb. 20, 2019
Dr Patricia Marie O'Boyle Feb. 20, 2019
Dr Paul Whickman Jan. 31, 2024
Prof Nicholas ROE FBA, FRSE
Prof Simon Bainbridge Aug. 14, 2017
Professor Bruce Graver Aug. 14, 2018
Professor Richard Lansdown Sept. 25, 2024
Professor Saeko Yoshikawa Sept. 25, 2024