BUXTON FESTIVAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1096269 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOUNDATION

As an endowment fund, the Foundation seeks to attract legacies and donations from individuals, grant making trusts and corporate bodies. It uses the income from the accumulated capital to safeguard the long-term future of the Buxton Arts Festival by the regular provision of grants to support its core funding.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS BY:1) ESTABLISHING AND ADMINISTERING AN ENDOWMENT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE AMENITIES FOR BUXTON FESTIVAL AND TO EXTEND THE WORK OF THE BUXTON FESTIVAL2) SUPPORTING THE BUXTON ARTS FESTIVAL LIMITED AND BUXTON FESTIVAL SOCIETY (BOTH BEING REGISTERED CHARITIES WITH NUMBERS 276957 AND 513970) BY PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT3) DOING ALL THINGS CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS OF BUXTON ARTS FESTIVAL LIMITED AND BUXTON FESTIVAL SOCIETY4) UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE TRUSTS RELATED TO CLAUSE 1 TO 3 ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: BUXTON

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: High Peak, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£14k
Latest spending
£13k
Registered
2003

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Policies the charity declares

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£14k£13k
31/10/2024£16k£26k
31/10/2023£80k£26k
31/10/2022£181k£614
31/10/2021£25k£1k

Common questions

Who funds BUXTON FESTIVAL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BUXTON FESTIVAL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include FRIENDS OF BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FRIENDS OF BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALFY2022£50kPayments in support of Buxton Festival Foundation