DEVIZES ARTS FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1188959 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in the arts and in particular but not exclusively by the organising of an annual arts festival in Devizes and the surrounding area.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ORGANISING OF AN ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL IN DEVIZES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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 reserves of £116,370 at the end of the financial year, which is below the stated policy target of up to two years of anticipated costs. The trustees report that the festival 'more or less held its own' financially, with net income matching the previous year's level despite increased charitable expenditure.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vincent McNamarachair
• ANTHONY WOODISON
• Alison Andrew
• Clair Goodwin Figes
• Dagmar Alexandra Junghanns
• George Batten
• Gillian Neil
• Jean Shirley Edwards
• John Robert Fox Bradford
• Katharine Elisabeth Campbell
• Linda Beverley Holmshaw
• Mark Anthony McQuaid
• Philippa Morgan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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