Volta Projects

Registered charity 1169313 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VOLTA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL LTD.

Volta International Festival premieres new international plays in the UK, producing a series of high-quality, ground-breaking productions as part of its annual new writing Festival in London. Alongside, we run a full programme of community and education projects designed to develop new audiences for theatre and provide meaningful opportunities for young people to engage with the Arts.

Objects

TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF A FESTIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL PLAYS.

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

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£16k
Latest spending
£21k
Registered
2016

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Policies the charity declares

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

  • Government income: £13,008 — grants £13,008 (3); 81% of the £16,008 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £9,000 — grants £9,000 (2); 37% of the £24,377 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Government income: £7,000 — grants £7,000 (2); 36% of the £19,500 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: France · Germany · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Sweden · Throughout England · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£16k£21k
31/07/2024£24k£16k
31/07/2023£20k£20k
31/07/2022£20k£13k
31/07/2021£18k£27k

Common questions

Who funds Volta Projects?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Volta Projects as a grant recipient include EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE)FY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2023£9kBright Lights 2023
The National Lottery Community Fund04/07/2019£8kThe Bright Lights Project 2019-20
The National Lottery Community Fund15/06/2018£8kThe Bright Lights Project