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TWO MOORS FESTIVAL LIMITED

Registered charity 1095723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running an international classical music festival on Exmoor, Dartmoor and surrounding areas. In addition we offer school workshops, a residency programme and have a Young Musicians Platform competition for talented young musicians living in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN MUSIC AND THE VISUAL ARTS; TO INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF A FESTIVAL AND MUSIC AND ARTS COMPETITIONS ON EXMOOR, DARTMOOR AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: EXMOOR, DARTMOOR AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

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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Registered contact address: North Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£229k
Latest spending
£252k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £22,221 in the year, resulting in unrestricted funds falling to £26,048. This is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining sufficient funds to cover establishment costs for at least six months, which amounts to £40,000. The trustees attribute the loss to exceptional 25th-anniversary costs and increased staff expenses, noting that surpluses are expected in normal years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of establishment costs (reserves figure: £26k)
“It is the current policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level sufficient to fund the establishment costs of the charity for at least six months - currently this would amount to £40,000.” — page 5
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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 25

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£229k£252k
31/12/2024£182k£155k
31/12/2023£165k£173k
31/12/2022£159k£185k
31/12/2021£169k£149k

Common questions

Is TWO MOORS FESTIVAL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £22,221 in the year, resulting in unrestricted funds falling to £26,048. This is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining sufficient funds to cover establishment costs for at least six months, which amounts to £40,000. The trustees attribute the loss to exceptional 25th-anniversary costs and increased staff expenses, noting that surpluses are expected in normal years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TWO MOORS FESTIVAL LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TWO MOORS FESTIVAL LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST, MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND, THE MARCHUS TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£10k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£5k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£5k
THE MARCHUS TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2023£5k
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUSTFY2023£5kRegional Arts Festivals
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUSTFY2021£5kTwo Moors Festival
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2023£5kArts & Heritage
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2022Unverified read£5k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2025£5k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£4kArts
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2024£4k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2021£3k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kTowards its Young Musicians' Competition in 2024.
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£3kArts
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kTowards the Young Musicians Competition.
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUSTFY2025£3kTwo Moors Festival 2025
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kTowards the Young Musicians Competition.
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3kTo support the Young Musicians' Competition in 2021.
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kArts
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kMusic Festivals
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATIONFY2024£2kArts
Thomas Waley-Cohen Charitable TrustFY2025£1k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
OKEHAMPTON FOUNDATIONFY2025Unverified read£900Various
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2019£10kUnherd Voices

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION1£78k
THE MUMFORD MEMORIAL TRUST1£55k
THE REED FOUNDATION1£17k
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST1£14k
THE HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k
THE BRANSFORD TRUST1£10k
THE ALBERT AND EUGENIE FROST MUSIC TRUST CIO1£10k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TWO MOORS FESTIVAL LIMITED£229k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DU MAURIER FESTIVAL SOCIETY FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NORTH YORK MOORS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL TRUST FY2025£77k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITTINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt
Three Choirs Festival Limited FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LONDON MUSIC ASSOCIATION FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.