THE APPLEDORE BOOK FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1171761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Appledore Book Festival raises the profile of Appledore, increases enjoyment of reading in the community for all ages and abilities through exciting events, raises money for local charitable purposes and encourages support for libraries.The Festival advances the education of the public in the subject of literature, reading and the local history of Appledore and its surrounding area.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£219k

Latest spending

£216k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £101,995, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £85,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £2,228 for the year, with total funds carried forward increasing to £124,890.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £85,000 (held: £102k)

“The amount which the Trustees consider sufficient for this purpose has been raised to £85,000.”

Per its FY2024 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).

People's Postcode Lottery — “We are absolutely delighted to announce that the Appledore Book Festival has received a generous grant from the People’s Postcode Lottery as…” (source page)
Charlotte Aitken Trust — “Charlotte Aitken Trust Schools Week” (source page)
Bruce Wake Charitable Trust — “Thanks also to: Bruce Wake Charitable Trust for improving disabled access at Skern” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sara Elizabeth Mendosachair · trustee of 1 other charity
David Dykes Stevenson · trustee of 1 other charity
Janet Dianne Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
Mark Rogers Britton
Patricia Hadley-Smith
Richard Hamilton Cable
Sean Kearney
Stephen John Douglas Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Sandon

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£219k	£216k
31/12/2023	£206k	£193k
31/12/2022	£184k	£175k
31/12/2021	£174k	£117k
31/12/2020	£59k	£84k

Common questions

Is THE APPLEDORE BOOK FESTIVAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £101,995, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £85,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £2,228 for the year, with total funds carried forward increasing to £124,890. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE APPLEDORE BOOK FESTIVAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE APPLEDORE BOOK FESTIVAL as a grant recipient include THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST, THE BRIDGE TRUST, THE ELMGRANT TRUST, THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST	FY2024	£30k
THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST	FY2025	£30k
THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST	FY2022	£25k	Grant funding of activities
THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST	FY2023	£20k
THE BRIDGE TRUST	FY2021	£5k
THE ELMGRANT TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE BRIDGE TRUST	FY2022	£750
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2021	£750

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 ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£72k
THE ARETI CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£18k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST	1	£10k
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATION	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with APPLEDORE BAPTIST CHURCH.

APPLEDORE BAPTIST CHURCH income £113k
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON LITERARY FESTIVAL income £158k
THE OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL income £849k
DERBY BOOK FESTIVAL income £254k
DULWICH FESTIVAL income £115k
LANCASTER AND DISTRICT FESTIVAL LIMITED income £116k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE APPLEDORE BOOK FESTIVAL	£219k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
APPLEDORE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON LITERARY FESTIVAL FY2024	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL FY2025	£849k	—	below	—	no doubt
DERBY BOOK FESTIVAL FY2025	£254k	—	within	—	no doubt
DULWICH FESTIVAL FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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