THE ELGAR FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1186804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the arts and in particular the work of Edward Elgar for the public benefit in and around Worcester, chiefly through the presentation of an annual festival to include concerts, youth activities, exhibitions and other events.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:-A) FOSTERING & PROMOTING THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE LIFE & WORKS OF SIR EDWARD ELGAR;B) ENGAGING IN FUNDRAISING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SUPPORT A CALENDAR OF EVENTS AS WELL AS THOSE GOOD CAUSES WHICH FALL WITHIN THE REMIT OF THE ORGANISATION;C) NETWORKING WITH EXISTING SIMILAR EVENTS AND TO FOSTER GOODWILL TOWARDS THE FESTIVAL AND TO CROSS PROMOTE SUCH EVENTS;D) ENGAGING IN PROGRAMMES WHICH FALL WITHIN THE REMIT OF THE ORGANISATION WHICH ARE BOTH FUN AND DEVELOPMENTAL; ANDE) ENGAGING THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN AREAS OF SOCIAL DEPRIVATION WHERE ENJOYMENT OF SUCH MATERIAL IS UNCOMMON OR DIFFICULT TO COME BY.

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: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with £18,559 in unrestricted reserves, which represents a decrease from the previous year's balance. The trustees note that the level of Arts Council grant funding is a main concern, though they maintain the charity will continue as a going concern by reducing programmes to match income.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 12/03/2024, 41 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• LG Harris Trust — “Funders LG Harris Trust” (source page)
• The Limoges Charitable Trust — “The Limoges Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Elgar Family Charitable Trust — “Elgar Family Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Lillie Johnson Charitable Trust — “Lillie Johnson Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Alan Woodfield Trust — “Alan Woodfield Trust” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Adrian Stewart Gregsonchair
• Anne Renshaw
• Ian David Care

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

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 THE FESTIVAL OF CHICHESTER.

• THE FESTIVAL OF CHICHESTER income £32k
• WORCESTER FESTIVAL LTD income £37k
• THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL income £208k
• SALZBURG EASTER FESTIVAL FOUNDATION income £42k
• THE ELGAR FOUNDATION income £208k
• THE ELGAR SOCIETY income £42k

Side by side with its peers

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