ASHBOURNE ARTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1120239 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of a 17 day Festival in June and July each year. Contains many free events and provides a variety of entertainment opportunities for Ashbourne and surrounding areas.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ART OF MUSIC, SINGING, DRAMA, LITERATURE, PAINTING AND VISUAL ARTS BY THE PROMOTION OF CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ASHBOURNE AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, DERBYSHIRE

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: Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£75k

Latest spending

£65k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £9,909 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £54,543. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Reserves to be built up and maintained at a level which ensures that our core activity, of an annual festival, could continue during a period of unforeseen difficulty. (reserves figure: £55k)

“The Directors of Ashbourne Arts Limited have set a reserves policy which requires: - Reserves to be built up and maintained at a level which ensures that our core activity, of an annual festival, could continue during a period of unforeseen difficulty.” — 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 40
Government income: £5,915 — grants £5,915 (3); 8% of the £75,165 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £5,830 — grants £5,830 (3); 7% of the £80,230 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 35
Government income: £24,505 — grants £24,505 (2); 31% of the £79,074 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04420519 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

BRAMHALL, Justina Faith Suzette — director, appointed 07/04/2026not on trustee list
FENTON, Kate — director, appointed 07/04/2026on trustee list
MILLMAN, David John — director, appointed 07/06/2022on trustee list
MCQUEEN, Stephen Albert — director, appointed 09/10/2018on trustee list
CHALLANS, Timothy Andrew — director, appointed 14/10/2014on trustee list
WALKER, Christopher James — director, appointed 13/08/2002on trustee list
RODGERS, John Paul — director, appointed 11/06/2002not on trustee list
ROSSER, Ann Florence — secretary, appointed 08/10/2019

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

ANN FLORENCE ROSSER
CHRISTOPHER JAMES WALKER
David John Millman
JOHN-PAUL RODGERS
Justina Faith Suzette Bramall
Kate Fenton
Stephen McQueen
TIMOTHY ANDREW CHALLANS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£75k	£65k
31/08/2024	£80k	£79k
31/08/2023	£79k	£63k
31/08/2022	£82k	£73k
31/08/2021	£23k	£31k

Common questions

Is ASHBOURNE ARTS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £9,909 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £54,543. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/05/2022	£7k	Ashbourne Lantern Procession
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/03/2008	£7k	Ashbourne StreetFest - Festival Flags & Banners

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOOBURN FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED.

WOOBURN FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED income £34k
NUNEATON FESTIVAL OF ARTS income £36k
EASTBOURNE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL TRUST income £54k
SOUTHWOLD ARTS FESTIVAL income £31k
BEWDLEY FESTIVAL LIMITED income £86k
CHURCH STRETTON AND SOUTH SHROPSHIRE ARTS FESTIVAL income £76k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ASHBOURNE ARTS LIMITED	£75k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOOBURN FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025	£34k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
NUNEATON FESTIVAL OF ARTS FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EASTBOURNE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL TRUST FY2025	£54k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOUTHWOLD ARTS FESTIVAL FY2026	£31k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEWDLEY FESTIVAL LIMITED FY2025	£86k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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