ARAFEST

Registered charity 1178840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raising funds through music festivals and other arts activities to provide grants for local charities in the East Yorkshire area that benefit underprivileged children

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE AND THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN HULL AND THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO:(A) PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; AND(B) PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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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Registered contact address: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £190,000 at the end of the period, with cash funds totaling £200,484. The trustees note that sponsorship is a main source of funds and that this income is likely to reduce over time, which is why significant reserves are held. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 17/03/2026, 137 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 18/06/2025, 230 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Arafest (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MIKE ARAMAYOchair
• ANDREW JORDAN
• CRAIG RUTLER
• JOANNE ARAMAYO

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City

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 EVERLASTING FOUNDATION.

• EVERLASTING FOUNDATION income £65k
• DUNSTER FESTIVAL income £35k
• SIGNIFICANCE income £53k
• THE ASAMAA CHARITABLE TRUST income £157k
• ASSOCIATION OF FESTIVAL CHURCHES income £32k
• NAFFERTON UNDER FIVES income £177k

Side by side with its peers

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