POETRY SOCIETY(INCORPORATED)(THE

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Knox Cropper LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The trustees are satisfied that the charity can continue to operate on a going concern basis for the next year.”

Group structure

1. POETRY SOCIETY(INCORPORATED)(THE · parent
   1. Poetry Place Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

• “We had a busy and successful year commissioning and showcasing exciting new poetry to an expanding audience, and offering a range of creative ways for people to take part.”
• “After several years developing our online participation offer, in 2024-25 we focused on re-building opportunities for people to meet and connect in person. We decided we would be able to make the biggest impact by organising an expanded Free Verse Book Fair... We were overwhelmed by the positive response to the fair which was a highlight of our year.”
• “We are delighted to have been awarded a legacy grant from the Foyle Foundation which will support the core costs of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award from 2026 to 2035”
• “We received a legacy from the estates of Alec John Custerson and Timothy Brooks which will contribute to the stability of the charity.”
• “We continued to deliver against agreed objectives. We have a funding agreement in place with Arts Council England for 2023-26. The Foyle Foundation continued to support our work for young people through the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award.”
• “Brexit continues to bring additional challenges distributing to overseas customers resulting in extra costs and processes and hampering our international growth potential.”
• “During the year a legacy was received from Doris Lampard towards adult poetry participation in England.”
• “We concluded several long projects with final installations of commissioned works in the public realm which had been postponed during the pandemic.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  +14.4%

  £1,129,536 → £1,291,862

• Net assets

  +9.1%

  £1,550,784 → £1,691,917

• Employees

  +9.1%

  11 → 12

• Wages

  -2.6%

  £401,932 → £391,371

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers