SUSSEX FESTIVAL OF DANCE AND SONG

Registered charity 1138597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE OPERATION OF AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS.

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Latest income

£56k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a profit of £21,410.78 for the year ended 31st July 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £80,844.71. The trustees confirm the accounts are very favourable and prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. The charity holds no restricted reserves and has no creditors or liabilities at the year end.

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.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07311337

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.

MASON, Adele Elizabeth — director, appointed 06/11/2023on trustee list
ARNETT-MORRICE, Joanne Belinda — director, appointed 19/06/2023on trustee list
CLARK, Jane — director, appointed 01/06/2017on trustee list
SMYTH, Maureen — director, appointed 01/10/2016on trustee list
VINE, Caryl — director, appointed 01/10/2016on trustee list
HIGHSTED, Susan Alison — director, appointed 05/10/2015on trustee list
VINCE, Joanna Claire — director, appointed 29/09/2015on trustee list
KIRKHAM, Rebecca Ann — director, appointed 03/09/2010on trustee list
JOHNSON, Deborah Ann — director, appointed 12/07/2010on trustee list
KIRKHAM, Rebecca Ann — secretary, appointed 30/10/2013

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Joanne Belinda Arnett-Morricechair
Adele Elizabeth Mason
Caryl Vine
DEBORAH JOHNSON
Jane Clark
Joanna Vince
Maureen Smyth
REBECCA ANN KIRKHAM
Susan Allison Highsted

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£56k	£35k
31/07/2024	£69k	£55k
31/07/2023	£50k	£29k
31/07/2022	£48k	£38k
31/07/2021	£80	£2k

Common questions

Is SUSSEX FESTIVAL OF DANCE AND SONG financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a profit of £21,410.78 for the year ended 31st July 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £80,844.71. The trustees confirm the accounts are very favourable and prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. The charity holds no restricted reserves and has no creditors or liabilities at the year end. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.