BEDFORDSHIRE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA

Registered charity 1064081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Charity shall be to advance and encourage the study and practice of the the Arts of Music, Speech and Drama.The Charity:1. promotes an annual Festival2. has affiliated to the British & International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance & Speech.

Objects

TO ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA, AND DANCE, IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES.

Area of benefit: BEDFORDSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small profit of £6,347 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a profit of £867 in the prior year. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern and have adopted a reserves policy target of one year's operating funds. Unrestricted reserves stood at £38,388, which exceeds the stated policy target.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lucinda Alice Camilla Copemanchair
• Andrew John Olleson
• Councillor Henry Vann · trustee of 2 other charities
• Irina Ermakova
• Lucy Joane Eggleton
• MANOJ GUPTA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Andrew Fraser Morgan
• Olivia Cooper
• Peter Blunt
• ROBERT TRUNCHION
• Sally Ann Merryweather
• WILLIAM IVOR BURTON

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

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