SOUTHWOLD ARTS FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1161134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organising and promoting Southwold Arts Festival for the public benefit

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ORGANISING OF AN ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL IN SOUTHWOLD SUFFOLK.

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: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the festival made a surplus of £3,819 for the year ended 31 March 2026, reversing a significant loss in 2024. The trustees note that sustainability was assured by grants and sponsorships, though they express concern about future funding availability and audience competition. The charity maintains reserves calculated to cover working capital for the following year.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clyde Camburn
• Dominic Parravani
• Linda Mary Le Versha · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWALEDALE FESTIVAL.

• SWALEDALE FESTIVAL income £247k
• ASHBOURNE ARTS LIMITED income £75k
• NORTHERN ALDBOROUGH FESTIVAL income £151k
• STROUD FESTIVAL income £34k
• THE SOUTHWOLD TRUST income £54k
• TORBAY AND SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND FESTIVAL income £62k

Side by side with its peers

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