THE DIDSBURY ARTS FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1158370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAF, DIDSBURY ARTS FESTIVAL

DAF's primary activities are the design, development and delivery of a community arts festival and related events in Didsbury in accordance with its charitable objects which are to promote, improve and advance the arts in Didsbury including education about and the encouragement of the arts.

Objects

THE ORGANISATION'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE ARTS IN DIDSBURY AND THE EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY MEANS OF A COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL, INCLUDING WITHOUT ANY LIMITATION, THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING, CREATIVE WRITING, POETRY, SCULPTURE AND MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS. THE ASSOCIATION IS NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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)

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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 31/10/2023 (received 21/10/2024, 51 days after the 31/08/2024 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fiona Amy Howard
• HANNAH MAHAPATRA · trustee of 2 other charities
• Imelda Marie Raine
• NEIL MACKENZIE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samanta Jane Crowe
• Suzanne Russell
• Yasmin Hussain

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending