01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 18 August 2003
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 04836215
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £345
- Latest expenditure
- £162
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: The Barn, Court Drive, Apperley, GLOUCESTER, GL19 4DH
Website recorded by the regulator: www.poemsinthewaitingroom.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Poems in the Waiting Room is an arts in health and wellbeing charity, providing online poetry for patients to read while waiting to see their NHS doctor. There is no charge to patient or to the NHS. Poems are selected and professionally evaluated for suitability for reading in a healthcare context.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £345
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £162
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 4 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £522
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,558
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 August 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £615
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £121
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 23 September 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £885
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 1 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,675
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £126
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Northern Ireland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
05 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- POEMS IN THE WAITING ROOM LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2003-08-18T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 JULY 2003
- Charitable Objects
- THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE COMPOSITION AND THE APPRECIATION OF POETRY, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION IN HEALTH SERVICE WAITING AREAS OF THE SERIES OF POETRY PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS KNOWN AS 'POEMS IN THE WAITING ROOM'.
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED