WANTAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1165315 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WANTAGE (NOT JUST) BETJEMAN LITERARY FESTIVAL

The promotion of the arts, advancement of education for the benefit of the public by the promotion of literature, language and the arts in particular through a literary festival in Wantage, Oxfordshire.

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Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £11,110.54, bringing total funds in hand to £54,998.63. The trustees confirm that as a not-for-profit entity, this additional money will be reinvested into the 2025 programme.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£43k£32k
31/03/2024£40k£35k
31/03/2023£33k£17k
31/03/2022£771£6k
31/03/2021£967£10k

Common questions

Is WANTAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £11,110.54, bringing total funds in hand to £54,998.63. The trustees confirm that as a not-for-profit entity, this additional money will be reinvested into the 2025 programme.

Who funds WANTAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WANTAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL as a grant recipient include THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.