THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL OF PERFORMING ARTS

Registered charity 1157550 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CFPA

To advance the education of the public in the arts and in particular the arts of Music, Speech and Drama and Dance in all their branches

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS,AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA,AND DANCE IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES.

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: Tewkesbury, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £2,458 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £67,161 and expenditure of £64,703. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £98,000, held to cover a total festival loss in any one year. The trustees note a risk that the charity would struggle to continue if the £20,000 annual grant from Cheltenham Borough Council were to cease.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Allan Gillespiechair
• CAROL MCDOWALL
• Duncan Gregory Hooper
• Lesley Elaine Hendrie
• Rebecca Mary Olga Vines · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RICHMOND UPON THAMES PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL.

• RICHMOND UPON THAMES PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL income £44k
• PETWORTH FESTIVAL income £560k
• NORTHERN ALDBOROUGH FESTIVAL income £151k
• CHELTENHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA income £44k
• The Watford Festival of Music, Speech and Drama income £47k
• THE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE CHELTENHAM income £895k

Side by side with its peers

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