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Winchester Poetry Festival

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1150997
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 27, 2013
Legal form
Trust

Address

Address
c/o Faculty of Arts
University of Winchester
Sparkford Road
Winchester
SO22 4NR

Activities

The first major festival in the south of England dedicated to poetry.It is intended to celebrate poetry within a civic environment in order to ensure the widest possible degree of public awareness and enjoyment.The festival aims to establish a structure, style and necessary partnerships for it to become a biennial event after the inaugural festival of 2014.

Objects: 1. To Educate The Public In The Arts With Particular Reference To Poetry2. To Encourage The Enjoyment, Appreciation And Practice Of Literature, The Beneficiaries Being People Of All Ages Throughout Hampshire.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Hampshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £54,671 £34,769
Dec. 31, 2023 £33,338 £44,988
Dec. 31, 2022 £22,301 £38,805
Dec. 31, 2021 £50,536 £48,638
Dec. 31, 2020 £47,650 £33,800

Trustees

Name Appointed
Abanti Mukhopadhyay Chakrabarty June 27, 2023
Andrew O'Hanlon June 30, 2025
David Hill June 30, 2025
Jane Versteeg Bryant Nov. 9, 2020
Jeremy Wikeley Jan. 22, 2024
Jo Fisher Jan. 22, 2024
Jonathan Whitfield June 5, 2017
Susmita Bhattacharya Nov. 9, 2020