FIERCE (FESTIVAL) LIMITED
Registered charity 1110138 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIERCE FESTIVAL
We bring audiences together through radical live events that are socially engaged and specifically contextualized in the West Midlands. Operating from the principal that everyone is creative, we also carry out a variety of learning activities with artists. We promote the education in and appreciation of live and performance art by sharing it with audiences in unusual places and spaces.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £25,524 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by higher expenditure during a festival year. Despite this deficit, the charity held unrestricted reserves of £110,831, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £35,200. The trustees confirmed that these resources are adequate to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £35,200 (held: £111k)
“The trustees currently consider £35,200 a sufficient level of reserves to hold for this purpose” — 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.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- HUSSAIN, Hassan, Dr — director, appointed 20/05/2024on trustee list
- OSBORN, Mary — director, appointed 20/05/2024on trustee list
- BURNS, Paul — director, appointed 10/12/2021on trustee list
- BOUAMEUR, Nadia — director, appointed 06/09/2021not on trustee list
- HAINES, Rebecca — director, appointed 06/09/2021on trustee list
- HUDSON, Ethan, Mr. — secretary, appointed 08/09/2025
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)
Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- Paul Burnschair
- Dr Hassan Hussain
- MARY OSBORN
- Nolly Aicha Bouameur
- Rebecca Haines
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FIERCE (FESTIVAL) LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £25,524 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by higher expenditure during a festival year. Despite this deficit, the charity held unrestricted reserves of £110,831, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £35,200. The trustees confirmed that these resources are adequate to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds FIERCE (FESTIVAL) LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FIERCE (FESTIVAL) LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE SAINTBURY TRUST.
Known funders
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