ARUNDEL FESTIVAL LTD

Registered charity 1136508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To organise and promote cultural festivals and events in Arundel that will promote, improve, develop and maintain public education and appreciation in the arts and science including music, visual arts, drama, literature, film and other performances for the residents of Arundel and its visitors.

Objects

TO ORGANISE AN ANNUAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN ARUNDEL THAT WILL PROMOTE, IMPROVE,DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCEINCLUDING MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, DRAMA, LITERATURE, FILM AND OTHER PERFORMANCES.

Area of benefit: ARUNDEL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £6,755 for the year, with total income of £130,365 against total expenditure of £137,120. Free reserves were in a deficit of £3,937, reflecting cumulative operating deficits and investments in festival events. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media 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)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 01/11/2026, 1 day after the 31/10/2026 due date); year ending 31/12/2024 (received 20/03/2026, 140 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 08/11/2022, 8 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07140043

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.

• ADAMS, Glyn John William — director, appointed 02/02/2025on trustee list
• FITZALAN HOWARD, Philip Edward — director, appointed 02/10/2024not on trustee list
• MARSHALL, Wendy Rose — director, appointed 31/01/2024on trustee list
• HOLLAND, Victoria — director, appointed 17/01/2024on trustee list
• JONES, Mark Simon — director, appointed 17/01/2024on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Mutchchair
• Glyn Adams
• Mark Simon Jones
• Miles Ockwell
• Victoria Holland
• Wendy Rose Marshall

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHERN ALDBOROUGH FESTIVAL.

• NORTHERN ALDBOROUGH FESTIVAL income £151k
• THE FESTIVAL OF CHICHESTER income £32k
• SWALEDALE FESTIVAL income £247k
• RYEDALE FESTIVAL TRUST LTD income £440k
• LUTON CARNIVAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £436k
• THE CANTERBURY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION income £37k

Side by side with its peers

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