HEXHAM ABBEY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

Registered charity 1184685 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a festival of music and arts in September/October each year, together with an education project in schools.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS (INCLUDING MUSIC, DRAMA, OPERA, BALLET, PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND LITERATURE) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO DO SO BY THE PROMOTION OF AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS, PLAYS, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS, FILM SHOWS, AND OTHER MEANS; AND IN PARTICULAR BY ORGANISING A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS FROM TIME TO TIME;

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £13,188 at the end of the period, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of a minimum of £5,000. The charity reported a net surplus of £3,808 for the year, with total receipts of £34,095 against total payments of £30,287. The trustees confirmed that the charity does not invest and its principal income sources are donations, ticket sales, and subscriptions.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Parmley Graham Ltd. — “We are deeply grateful to our generous supporters for making the 2026 Festival possible: Parmley Graham Ltd.” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr CHARLES RICHARD SNOWchair
• Dr Martyn Farrer
• Martin John Hughes · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR DENIS JAMES MCCALDIN

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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