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Winchester Poetry Festival

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1150997
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed July 8, 2026. Filing history
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

Geography

Local Authority
Hampshire

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2025 July 8, 2026On time £35,325 £58,563
Dec. 31, 2024 Sept. 17, 2025On time £54,671 £34,769
Dec. 31, 2023 July 17, 2024On time £33,338 £44,988
Dec. 31, 2022 July 1, 2023On time £22,301 £38,805
Dec. 31, 2021 Aug. 2, 2022On time £50,536 £48,638
Dec. 31, 2020 May 17, 2021 £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