SLAITHWAITE MOONRAKING FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1145370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Our aim is to advance the education of the general public living in Kirklees (particularly in the township of Slaithwaite) by promoting activities including artistic exhibitions, performances of music, drama and story telling, multimedia crafts and lantern making. We also stage celebratory festival of Lanterns and Storytelling in Slaithwaite on a regular basis.

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Latest income

£2k

Latest spending

£3k

Registered

2012

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ALAN RHODES EASTWOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
Carolan Redfearn

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Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	—	—
31/07/2024	£2k	£3k
31/07/2023	£44k	£48k
31/07/2022	£6k	£8k
31/07/2021	£25k	£20k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/10/2024	£97k	"Slawit Shop and Moonraking"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/06/2010	£38k	"Wild About Wool"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/11/2004	£44k	"Arking Back - A Celebration of the Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/10/2004	£4k	"The Group Holds An Annual Community Festival Based On The Local Moonraking Legend. They Will Use The Award To Extend The Event To More Peopl"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/12/1999	£5k	"The project will enable the group to extend the event to include groups who have not previously been included and to produce a mumming play"