THE ABBOTSKERSWELL BEER AND FOOD FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1171953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABBFEST

The promotion and execution of the annual (September) Abbotskerswell Beer, Food and Music Festival

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PARISH OF ABBOTSKERSWELL AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND OTHER DONATIONS TO CHARITIES AND OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS

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 · Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £10,211.82 from its 2024 festival, which was largely distributed as thank you payments and grants. Total assets at year-end stood at £26,710.64, comprising bank accounts and an investment fund. The trustees and examiner reported no material issues or concerns regarding the financial position or compliance.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID MUNDENchair
• ANN DOWN
• Alison Elizabeth Peters
• Catherine Howard
• Trevor Richard Hardiman

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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