WHITTINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1168989 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote public appreciation of and education in classical music in and around Whittington, Oswestry, in particular by organising chamber music festivals.

Objects

TO PROMOTE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF AND EDUCATION IN CLASSICAL MUSIC IN AND AROUND WHITTINGTON, OSWESTRY, IN PARTICULAR BY ORGANISING CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVALS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £8,500 against a policy target of covering anticipated expenditure and approximately 25% of the expected total budget. While the trustees report being secure in their funds, they explicitly note uncertainty due to dependence on grants for at least 30% of income and risks including the hostile policy of Arts Council England and the need to find a new venue by 2027.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Whittington Music Festival (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Pamela Lynn Parishchair
• Debra Jane Lumley-Edwards
• Helen Mary Hughes
• Maria Nichola Hollis
• Oliver Davies
• Patricia Anne Lowe
• RACHEL ADRIENNE PITTAWAY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WINCHESTER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL TRUST.

• WINCHESTER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL TRUST income £52k
• LEWES CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL income £42k
• CLIFTON FESTIVAL OF MUSIC LIMITED income £30k
• NORTH NORFOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL income £111k
• THE TETBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL income £89k
• ROMSEY CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL TRUST income £50k

Side by side with its peers

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