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

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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.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

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Government & lottery funding

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