Hatfield House Music Festival

Registered charity 1147891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HATFIELD HOUSE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

OUR ACTIVITIES RELATE TO OUR OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY IN THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF MUSIC AND SIMILAR ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BY MEANS OF PRESENTING AN ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL AND OTHER EVENTS. THESE INCLUDE THE DESIGN, MARKETING AND PRESENTATION OF MUSICAL AND OTHER ARTS EVENTS. MOST EVENTS TAKE PLACE AT HATFIELD HOUSE ESTATE

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Latest income

£66k

Latest spending

£60k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an overall surplus of £5,883 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a deficit in the previous year. Free/unrestricted reserves increased to £25,568, which the Trustees consider adequate to cover three months of operating costs. The Trustees confirm the financial position is improving and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £26k)

“The Trustees intend to hold sufficient reserves to cover 3 months operating costs, which relate mainly to the cost of the Festival Manager.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07942156

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)

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.

WEGRZYNOWSKA, Maja — director, appointed 22/04/2024on trustee list
BLAKEMAN, Edward Graham — director, appointed 04/01/2024on trustee list
ARTHUR, Allan Douglas Erskine — director, appointed 11/07/2023on trustee list
FAGG, Elizabeth Barbara — director, appointed 13/12/2022on trustee list
CECIL, Charles Edward Vere, Lord — director, appointed 05/11/2018on trustee list
MOSELEY, Mary Cheyne Thomson — director, appointed 26/02/2015on trustee list
MOORHOUSE, Nicholas John — director, appointed 04/06/2012not on trustee list
CRANMER, Eleanor — secretary, appointed 15/09/2025

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Edward Graham Blakemanchair
Allan Arthur
BOB BOAS · trustee of 4 other charities
Elizabeth Barbara Fagg · trustee of 1 other charity
Lord Charles Edward Vere Cecil
MARY MOSELEY
NICK MOORHOUSE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£66k	£60k
31/12/2023	£77k	£88k
31/12/2022	£95k	£92k
31/12/2021	£92k	£90k
31/12/2020	£61k	£55k

Common questions

Is Hatfield House Music Festival financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made an overall surplus of £5,883 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a deficit in the previous year. Free/unrestricted reserves increased to £25,568, which the Trustees consider adequate to cover three months of operating costs. The Trustees confirm the financial position is improving and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Hatfield House Music Festival?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Hatfield House Music Festival as a grant recipient include THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION, THE MARCHUS TRUST, THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k	Culture and the environment
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k	The Arts
THE MARCHUS TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY	FY2021	£2k	Towards music parts hire, piano hire and streaming costs for their Education and Outreach Programme 2021
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY	FY2025	£1k	Towards uplighters and music stands