WIRKSWORTH ARTS FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1169297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A leading rural contemporary arts festival, based in Wirksworth, engaging audiences and artists in contemporary artwork and performing arts Support creativity and the development of artistic talent, especially new, emerging and mid-career artistsCreate a social and creative hub, all year, encouraging artistic collaboration and debateDevelop access, learning and participation opportunities

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS BY ANY MEANS ITS TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES AND THE STAGING OF AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

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Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDWARD JOHN WHEELDON BA. HONS.
• Frances Rostron · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Whitfield
• Justin Dean
• Kate Murray BSc, MA
• Kristian Leighton Day
• PAM TAYLOR BA · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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