AXE VALE FESTIVAL LIMITED

Registered charity 1130829 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Axe Vale Show

The objects of the charity are to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Axminster and the surrounding area the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF AXMINSTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: AXMINSTER

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 incurred a net expenditure of £21,376, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £96,887 to £75,511. Per the trustees' report, the charity held reserves below its stated policy target of approximately £100,000 needed to cover show costs and future deposits. The trustees confirmed the charity is able to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Rockett · trustee of 1 other charity
• KAREN HUSSEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael John Beviss

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

Operates in: Devon

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