BRADFIELD FESTIVAL OF MUSIC ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1080130 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organisation of a week long festival of music.

Objects

[1] THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS (AND IN PARTICULAR OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANSHIP) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE PARISH OF BRADFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND[2] FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANSHIP

Area of benefit: CITY OF SHEFFIELD

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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Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £1,025 for the year ended 30 September 2025, reversing losses from the previous two years. Total income was £33,578, which is lower than the prior year, but expenditure was reduced to £32,552 through cost-cutting measures. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £26,683, which the trustees note must exceed 50% of the next festival's budgeted running costs to ensure its continuation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 50% of the budgeted running costs for the next Festival (held: £27k)
“Together, these funds must exceed 50% of the budgeted running costs for the next Festival to allow it to take place.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£34k£33k
30/09/2024£35k£31k
30/09/2023£28k£34k
30/09/2022£28k£32k
30/09/2021£1k£2k

Common questions

Is BRADFIELD FESTIVAL OF MUSIC ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £1,025 for the year ended 30 September 2025, reversing losses from the previous two years. Total income was £33,578, which is lower than the prior year, but expenditure was reduced to £32,552 through cost-cutting measures. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £26,683, which the trustees note must exceed 50% of the next festival's budgeted running costs to ensure its continuation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.