The Wordsworth Conference Foundation

Analysis

The Wordsworth Conference Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Andrews. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06556368). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Wordsworth Conference Foundation reported income of £65k and spending of £70k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,040 to £65k (+1191%), an average of +90% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 1268%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Wordsworth Conference Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gordon Russell Trust (£65k), Hastings Storytelling Festival (£65k) and Kidlington Concert Brass Band (£65k).

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.