# THE JOSEPHINE HART POETRY FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1145062
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 14, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1145062


## Contact

- **Address:** 128, City Road
- **Postcode:** EC1V 2NX
- **Phone:** 02075434510
- **Email:** info@thepoetryhour.com
- **Website:** https://www.thepoetryhour.com/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1. TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE ART OF LITERATURE AND POETRY;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN LITERATURE AND POETRY; AND3. TO ADVANCE OR PROMOTE SUCH FURTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

**Activities:** The Charity delivers live poetry readings and has developed an app to make poetry free and accessible enabling public all over the world to hear and see some of the world's great poetry read aloud by some of the greatest actors.

**Area of benefit:** ENGLAND AND WALES




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £258065 | £160203 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £66930 | £131012 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £12806 | £152946 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1859 | £103946 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £15289 | £104429 | — | — |



## Trustees

- LORD MAURICE SAATCHI — appointed Dec. 12, 2011
- MONIQUE HENRY — appointed Dec. 12, 2011
- Michael Grandage — appointed May 10, 2024
- Timothy Duffy — appointed Jan. 24, 2025