DUNSTER FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1193491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHAMBER MUSIC, BY: A) THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER MUSICAL ACTIVITIES, CHIEFLY AS PART OF AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL IN WEST SOMERSET; AND B) TRAINING AND COACHING FOR THOSE FROM ALL DEMOGRAPHICS AND AGE GROUPS (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE).

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Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves at year-end were £16,662, which the trustees declared sufficient to meet financial commitments and support long-term development. The charity reported a net decrease in cash funds of £438 for the period, with total receipts of £35,315 against total payments of £35,753. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations, legacies and grants (65% of income)
“Donations, legacies and grants 18,125 6,300 : 24,425 16,600” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/09/2025£35k£36k
01/09/2024£23k£22k
01/09/2023£42k£32k
01/09/2022£30k£26k
01/09/2021£12k£16k

Common questions

Is DUNSTER FESTIVAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves at year-end were £16,662, which the trustees declared sufficient to meet financial commitments and support long-term development. The charity reported a net decrease in cash funds of £438 for the period, with total receipts of £35,315 against total payments of £35,753. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DUNSTER FESTIVAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DUNSTER FESTIVAL as a grant recipient include WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION, SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST, THE VERNON ELLIS FOUNDATION, CLARK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2023£119k
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£46k
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUSTFY2024£10kGrants pledged for payment in later years
THE VERNON ELLIS FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUSTFY2023£5kRegional Arts Festivals
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
CLARK FOUNDATIONFY2024£4k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
GERALD FINZI TRUSTFY2022£1kPerformance Grants
GERALD FINZI TRUSTFY2022£1kPerformance Grants
GERALD FINZI TRUSTFY2023£250Performance Grants
CLARK FOUNDATIONFY2023£0Arts
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2024£-680CHROMA ~— Repayment

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation20/02/2025£1kQuality music projects within schools and care homes in a disadvantaged rural area
Somerset Community Foundation04/03/2024£4kCommunity music learning and participation programme for under represented groups in West Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation21/02/2023£2kMusic workshops in rurally isolated community schools and care homes in west Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation20/02/2023£2kMusic workshops in rurally isolated community schools and care homes in west Somerset
Somerset Community Foundation20/12/2021£4kGrant to Dunster Festival