FROME FESTIVAL LIMITED

Registered charity 1120329 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To plan, produce and present the annual Frome Festival in early July, including fundraising solely for these purposes.

Objects

3. THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN LOCAL HISTORY AND THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL MUSICAL CONCERTS, THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, BALLET, SINGING, DRAMA, MIME, DANCING AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR, IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: LOCALLY IN ALL AREAS OF SOMERSET, BANES, DORSET, WILTSHRE.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a precarious financial position and has not rebuilt its reserves to the policy target of £30,000, holding only £13,020 in free reserves. The trustees acknowledge the risk of possible insolvency but confirm the company is a going concern with no material uncertainties. The organization relies on community grants and sponsorship to cover its operational costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Frome Town Council — “Thanks to support from Frome Town Council, we’ve upgraded our membership system and can now offer some exciting new perks.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rosemary Josephine Eliotchair
• Andrew Harold Jones
• Ellie Rose Capron
• JEREMY VINCENT TOWLER
• Lisa Jane Hardstaff
• Roger Philip Southard
• Rosemary Jean Hiron-Grimes
• Sarah Elizabeth Fleming
• William Lockhart Murdoch · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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