THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1161268 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objects include the promotion of English music at regular festivals and other events in the UK; and the promotion of concerts, recitals, drama performances, exhibitions, lectures and other arts events.

Objects

The objects of the CIO are the advancement of public education in the arts, and in particular (but not exclusively) the arts of music, drama and poetry by(1) the promotion of music by British composers through regular festivals, concerts, recitals, lectures, exhibitions, recordings, broadcasts and other events anywhere in the United Kingdom and overseas;(2) the provision of assistance to or collaboration with other organisations in the promotion of music by British composers anywhere in the United Kingdom and overseas, provided that this is not to the detriment of clause 3(1) above;(3) any other wholly charitable means as the Directors (as trustees and hereinafter called "the Trustees") shall decide, provided that this is not to the detriment of clause 3(1) above.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with applicable current statutes or regulations.

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: Lewisham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased slightly to £207,647, resulting in a surplus of £11,067 for the year. Unrestricted funds rose to £164,590, of which £156,000 are designated as reserves to fund the main festival for one year in advance. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 30/06/2023 (received 22/06/2024, 53 days after the 30/04/2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: EMF ENDEAVOURS LIMITED Companies House 07215022

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Joseph Gerard Spoonerchair
• Dr David William Green
• EM ELTHORONDUR MARSHALL-LUCK
• Kenrick Middleton Dance
• Kevin John Paynes
• Philip Lindsay Mitchell
• RUPERT GEORGE MARSHALL-LUCK

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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