Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

SPREAD THE WORD

Spread the Word promotes and develops literature and creative writing within London. We work with writers of all levels, from beginners to published authors, and across all genres, including fiction, poetry and playwriting, to enable them to reach their full potential.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 23 years
(26 years as a company)

www.spreadtheword.org.uk

hello@spreadtheword.org.uk

02086920231

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£427	£471	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£495	£494	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/21		£421	£327	£94	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£363	£321	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£428	£410	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	*	£355	£357	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£310	£260	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£330	£336	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£343	£316	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£261	£254	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£225	£263	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£344	£312	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£363	£354	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£374	£412	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£304	£351	£-46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£406	£368	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£356	£322	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£331	£277	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£258	£198	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£174	£166	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£233,039
City Bridge Trust	£29,964
Esmee Fairbairn	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Investment Funds
£17,010	29/07/2021	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government to help deliver this vision.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Spread the Word
£29,964	11/06/2020	£29,964.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Spread the Word
£15,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - Spread the Word
£201,029	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
DCMS - Spread the Word - Inclusive Indies
£15,000	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Spread the Word
£105,000	05/12/2018 42	Towards a talent development programme for emerging writers from backgrounds that are underrepresented within professional writing careers.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	24/01/2018	Spread the Word
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Spread the Word
£20,000	28/09/2017 24	Towards a poetry, volunteering and skills-building programme that aims to reach out to some of London’s most disadvantaged young people
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Spread the Word
£99,300	29/01/2014	Towards a professional development programme that will engage a diverse array of new writers, helping them develop their craft and their careers within publishing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-54

AIMEE JANE FELONE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Co-Founder, Other trusteeship: READ - THE READING AGENCY,

APRIL YEE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Writer

DELLA-ROSE HILL-KATSO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

DR GITA RALLEIGH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Doctor

HAYLEY EMMA STEED Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Agent

JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER SEDGWICK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager

SAMANTHA ELIZABETH DODD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Manager

SHERIFA ADEOLA AYOOLUWA IBITOLA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

SIMON DAVID RICHARDSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Producer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/10/2001, number: 1088890
Registered at Companies House on 06/04/1998, number: 03541037

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

THE ALBANY
ALBANY CENTRE & THEATRE
DOUGLAS WAY
LONDON
SE8 4AG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN LITERATURE IN ALL ITS FORMS AND IN CREATIVE WRITING

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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