CLIFTON FESTIVAL OF MUSIC LIMITED

Registered charity 1152272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLIFTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC

To promote the public appreciation of, and to educate the public in the art of classical music, in particular by delivering a music festival of international standing in Bristol.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF, AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BY DELIVERING A MUSIC FESTIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL STANDING IN BRISTOL.

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

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Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,098 at the year-end, an increase from £5,854 the previous year. The directors report a positive financial position and note that the organization continues to focus on sustainability and building reserves for future events. The entity was able to operate on a going concern basis supported by donations, sponsorship, and ticket sales.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08482466

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.

• JEFFREY-GRAY, Richard — director, appointed 10/04/2013on trustee list
• JEFFREY-GRAY, Sarah Duff — director, appointed 10/04/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD JEFFREY-GRAYchair
• SARAH JEFFREY-GRAY

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH NORFOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL.

• NORTH NORFOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL income £111k
• THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL income £208k
• LEICESTER INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD income £45k
• BRIGANTES MUSIC income £90k
• NAPTON MUSIC FESTIVAL TRUST income £60k
• SALZBURG EASTER FESTIVAL FOUNDATION income £42k

Side by side with its peers

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