DERBY BOOK FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1159763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of literature, language and the arts through a book or literature festival in Derby and such other activities as the charity trustees shall from time to time determine

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF DERBY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AN ANNUAL BOOK FESTIVAL AND ASSOCIATED ARTS EVENTS WHICH ENHANCE THE APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF BOOKS AND ENCOURAGES READING FOR PLEASURE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £11,773 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total reserves falling to £86,963 from £98,736 in the prior year. The trustees confirm that this level of reserves remains within the range they have agreed to ensure the charity can continue into the foreseeable future. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Derby Book Festival - Shared Reading (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• University of Derby — “Funders University of Derby” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Cheryl Turner
• Christopher Paul Ratcliffe
• Dianne Smith
• Dominic Edwin White
• Elizabeth Anne Copper
• Fraser Graves Cunningham
• Helena Williams
• Jamie Jordan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marian Forkin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Susannah Huskisson
• Ruth Smith
• Sara Catherine Harker-Bettridge
• Sarah Hindmarch · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sue Wall
• Tanya Ruth Bull

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DERBY QUAD LIMITED.

• DERBY QUAD LIMITED income £1.9m
• THE OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL income £849k
• HAY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION LTD income £6.9m
• ENGLISH PEN income £663k
• UNIVERSITY OF DERBY THEATRE LIMITED income £5.3m
• ARTS DERBYSHIRE income £215k

Side by side with its peers

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