AGATHA CHRISTIE FESTIVAL LIMITED

Registered charity 1165573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INTERNATIONAL AGATHA CHRISTIE FESTIVAL LIMITED

To deliver an internationally acclaimed festival which celebrates Agatha Christie's great legacy as a crime writer and cultural icon and promotes Torquay as her birthplace and inspiration.

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Latest income

£131k

Latest spending

£143k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £11,689 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total expenditure of £142,588 exceeding total income of £130,899. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that adequate funding has been received since the year end and that sufficient working capital exists to continue trading for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum of £10,000 (held: £11k)

“ln April 2024 we estimated the full extent of reserves required for the above at a minimum of f 10,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Two trustees received remuneration of £8,600.

“During the year, two Trustees were paid remuneration of f8,600 (2024'. none).” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Arts Council England — “Supported using public funding from National Lottery Arts Council England” (source page)
Rosalind Hicks Charitable Trust — “Kindly Supported by: Rosalind Hicks Charitable Trust” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Heather Norman-Soderlindchair
CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN HART · trustee of 3 other charities
Carolyn Custerson
DAVID HEWITT BRAWN
Dr Rachael Kiddey
JOHN NEIL ROWE · trustee of 1 other charity
MATHEW CARADOC THOMAS PRICHARD CBE DL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Torbay

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£131k	£143k
30/04/2024	£107k	£89k
30/04/2023	£107k	£104k
30/04/2022	£66k	£66k
30/04/2021	£15k	£15k

Common questions

Is AGATHA CHRISTIE FESTIVAL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £11,689 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total expenditure of £142,588 exceeding total income of £130,899. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that adequate funding has been received since the year end and that sufficient working capital exists to continue trading for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AGATHA CHRISTIE FESTIVAL LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGATHA CHRISTIE FESTIVAL LIMITED as a grant recipient include COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

MATHEW CARADOC THOMAS PRICHARD CBE DL — trustee here and at COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k	Costs of staging and production of three Spotlight events
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£9k	Towards Zero, a rehearsed reading of Agatha Christie’s ‘lost play’.
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£8k	A grant of £7,500 was offered to support two live staged performances during their 2022 festival.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	2	£198k
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITY	2	£18k
Laidlaw Opera Trust	1	£458k
BACKSTAGE TRUST	1	£300k
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION	1	£171k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£155k
THE JOHN BROWNE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£130k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£61k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANTERBURY THEATRE AND FESTIVAL TRUST.

CANTERBURY THEATRE AND FESTIVAL TRUST income £612k
THE GRANGE FESTIVAL income £4.0m
CROUCH END FESTIVAL CHORUS income £182k
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON LITERARY FESTIVAL income £158k
HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL LIMITED income £1.2m
CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE income £20.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AGATHA CHRISTIE FESTIVAL LIMITED	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CANTERBURY THEATRE AND FESTIVAL TRUST FY2025	£612k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GRANGE FESTIVAL FY2025	£4.0m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CROUCH END FESTIVAL CHORUS FY2025	£182k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON LITERARY FESTIVAL FY2024	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.