SOUTHWELL MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED

Registered charity 1153135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Southwell Music Festival istaking place for the first time in 2014,and is planned as an annual, top-quality classical music festival, to celebrate classical music, and to raise the profile of the town and its magnificent mediaeval Minster.The Festival performances will be centred at Southwell Minster, and in the historic Great Hall.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF MUSIC SPEECH DRAMA AND DANCE BY THE PRESENTATION OF AN ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SOUTHWELL, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

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: Newark and Sherwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a modest operating surplus of £8,921 for the year, with total income of £212,329 against expenditure of £203,408. The trustees confirm the charity remains in a robust financial position with unrestricted cash reserves of £59,755, which exceeds their stated policy target of approximately £52k. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 02/11/2022, 2 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Farr
• Carris Jones
• ELIZABETH HELEN JOHNSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Elizabeth Mary Nancy Graham
• Flynn John Brayn Le Brocq · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kristin Eleanor McIntosh
• Nicola Pennill
• Peter Stephen Garrood
• SARAH ELIZABETH HALL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sajidah Kausar Ahmad

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

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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
• SOUTHWELL CHORAL SOCIETY income £45k
• MUSIC AT STOW income £34k
• MUSIC IN MAYFIELD LIMITED income £25k
• SOLENT MUSIC FESTIVAL income £62k
• BUDLEIGH MUSIC FESTIVAL income £159k

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