CALDMORE VILLAGE FESTIVAL LTD

Registered charity 1144062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CALDMORE VILLAGE FESTIVAL

Throughout the year the volunteers engage the community in a variety of community based projects e.g the Community house which when completed will be a base for community held events, the community garden which is open for all to use and develop. This culminates into a 3 day festival involving local music across all ages, genre and ethnicities, a variety of sporting events etc.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN CALDMORE IN THE BOROUGH OF WALSALL AND SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING BY:THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY;THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH;THE PROMOTION OF ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT;THE PROMOTION OF AMATEUR SPORTS BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT;THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; ANDTO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE."

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Walsall, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£215k
Latest spending
£230k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £73,420, which exceeds its stated policy target of £37,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than an audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. The trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory for the year ended 31 January 2026.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum level of £37,000 in unrestricted reserves (held: £73k)
“The trustees have considered a minimum level of £37,000 in unrestricted reserves to be appropriate.” — page 11
Per its FY2026 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.

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 31/01/2026

  • Volunteers: 74
  • Government income: £11,715 — grants £11,715 (2); 5% of the £215,098 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

  • Volunteers: 65
  • Government income: £231,083 — grants £231,083 (5); 76% of the £305,987 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

  • Volunteers: 55
  • Government income: £47,300 — grants £47,300 (4); 23% of the £206,786 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31.1.26)
  • Average employees: 6

Funders the charity credits

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

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Walsall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2026£215k£230k
31/01/2025£306k£241k
31/01/2024£207k£168k
31/01/2023£175k£180k
31/01/2022£145k£118k

Common questions

Is CALDMORE VILLAGE FESTIVAL LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £73,420, which exceeds its stated policy target of £37,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than an audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. The trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory for the year ended 31 January 2026. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CALDMORE VILLAGE FESTIVAL LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CALDMORE VILLAGE FESTIVAL LTD as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSICFY2025£24k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k44% of the salary costs for a community support charity in Walsall.
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/04/2026£20kCaldmore Young Naturalists
Postcode Lottery31/03/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2024£337kGreen Caldmore
The National Lottery Community Fund18/08/2023£10kThe Festival of Lights
The National Lottery Community Fund08/10/2021£10kCultures Of Walsall Festival 2022
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2021£207kGarden for All
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2020£10kWild About The Garden
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2018£10kGrowing New Connections
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2017£10kTaking Root - Building Skills for Volunteering
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2016£9kCommunities Together
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2015£10kCaldmore Village Engagment and Consultation Initiative

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION1£4k
THE OAKDALE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LLANMORLAIS AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY HALL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CALDMORE VILLAGE FESTIVAL LTD£215k—0above—no doubt
THE LLANMORLAIS AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY HALL TRUST FY2025£29k—0unclear—noted
HASLEMERE FESTIVAL FY2025£91k—0unclear—no doubt
CHALDON COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
BEWDLEY FESTIVAL LIMITED FY2025£86k—0unclear—no doubt
VELMORE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£80k—0unclear—no doubt

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