NORTHERN ALDBOROUGH FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1107488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of the education of the public in the arts, and in particular, in the arts of music, speech, drama, dance and the visual arts; and to promote such other charitable purposes as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine.

Objects

3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SPEECH, DRAMA, DANCE AND THE VISUAL ARTS; AND3.2 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NORTH YORKSHIRE, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE AND THE CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small deficit during the financial year but had sufficient resources brought forward to manage its operations. Cash reserves at the end of the period were £52,926, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue current activities. The charity relies on mixed funding from ticket sales, donations, and sponsorship to maintain its programme.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR ANDREW PETER LAWSON-TANCREDchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• ANDREW KITCHINGMAN
• CATHERINE DIANA NICKOLS
• JUDITH GRAHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARK SIMPSON
• NICHOLAS BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT OGDEN
• Sarah Elizabeth Hollins

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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