GORING AND STREATLEY FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1161360 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The GAP Festival is designed as a celebration of arts in our culturally thriving community.

Objects

TO ORGANISE AN ANNUAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN GORING AND STREATLEY THAT WILL PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCE INCLUDING MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, DRAMA, LITERATURE, FILM AND OTHER PERFORMANCES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £12,428 on turnover of £81,003 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted net assets of £51,890. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds cash balances of £45,487 and has no stated reserves policy target to compare against these figures.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08924999

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MCKENZIE, Brian Godfrey — director, appointed 01/10/2021on trustee list
• BROWN, Geoffrey Stephen — director, appointed 03/02/2020on trustee list
• MCKENZIE, Brian — secretary, appointed 01/03/2022

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• GEOFFREY STEPHEN BROWNchair
• Brian Godfrey McKenzie

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · West Berkshire

Income and spending

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