The Poetry Translation Centre Ltd

Analysis

The Poetry Translation Centre Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06313466). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Poetry Translation Centre Ltd reported income of £211k and spending of £234k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £252k to £211k (-16%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Poetry Translation Centre Ltd sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Five Towns Theatre (£210k), The Magic Circle Foundation Limited (£211k) and Winchester Dramatic Society (£210k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.