BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1149001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Bloomsbury Festival delivers an annual cultural Festival in central London in conjunction with local partners.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £23,206 at the end of the financial year, representing a net movement in funds of £4,552. The trustees report that these reserves would cover three months of freelance and office costs, noting that the organization has minimal ongoing financial obligations with only one part-time employee. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07977987

Funders the charity credits

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

• UCL — “Our 2026 Festival Sponsors Principal Partners UCL” (source page)

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.

• HUGHES, Claire — director, appointed 08/05/2025on trustee list
• PASCHALI, Anna — director, appointed 26/03/2024on trustee list
• RAINE, Rosalind Ann, Professor — director, appointed 20/05/2022on trustee list
• ANDERSON, Katherine Elizabeth — director, appointed 15/05/2020on trustee list
• BRUZZI, Stella — director, appointed 09/09/2019on trustee list
• POTTER, Nicholas Francis — director, appointed 01/08/2019not on trustee list
• COKER, Timothy — director, appointed 14/03/2019not on trustee list
• BIRIOTTI, Maurice — director, appointed 08/03/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Tan
• Andrew Choi
• Anna Paschali
• Claire Hughes
• KATHERINE ELIZABETH ANDERSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maurice Biriotti · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nick Potter
• Professor Rosalind Ann Raine
• Professor Stella Bruzzi
• Tim Coker

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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