SOLVA EDGE FESTIVAL LIMITED

Registered charity 1180538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. To promote the arts, heritage and culture for the benefit of the public, the charity organises an annual community led arts and culture festival (The Edge Festival).2. To advance education the Festival provides a number of educational workshops on such subjects as dance, architecture, culture and heritage.3. Supporting general charitable purposes and young people by making grants

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) MUSICAL, LITERARY, DRAMATIC, PERFORMANCE, DANCE AND VISUAL ARTS PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY ORGANISING AND DELIVERING ARTS AND CULTURAL FESTIVALS.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HERITAGE, CULTURE AND THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR MUSICAL, LITERATURE, POETRY, HISTORY AND VISUAL ARTS PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH WORKSHOPS, TALKS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AT OR IN CONNECTION WITH ARTS AND CULTURAL FESTIVALS.TO SUPPORT SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTSTO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOUGH ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR EDUCATION.

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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Latest income
£69k
Latest spending
£70k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £875 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves from £28,180 to £27,305. The trustees report that the charity is entirely run by volunteers with no paid staff and intend to retain sufficient reserves to cover advance costs for future festivals.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to ensure that advance costs on the next festival are held in reserves (held: £27k)
“It is the trustees intention to try to retain sufficient reserves to ensure that advance costs on the next festival are held in reserves (deposits for performers, staging, insurance, etc).” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Pembrokeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£69k£70k
30/04/2024£71k£65k
30/04/2023£69k£72k
30/04/2022£15k£5k
30/04/2021£5k£842

Common questions

Is SOLVA EDGE FESTIVAL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £875 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves from £28,180 to £27,305. The trustees report that the charity is entirely run by volunteers with no paid staff and intend to retain sufficient reserves to cover advance costs for future festivals. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.