GOWER FESTIVAL SOCIETY CIO

Registered charity 1198053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOWER MUSIC FESTIVAL

Festival of music and the arts

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Latest income

£113k

Latest spending

£55k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the society was constituted in 2022 and acquired the assets and activities of the previous Gower Festival Society. The trustees aim to maintain their level of reserves in future years to enable the effective undertaking of the Society’s objectives.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain its level of reserves

“The Society aims to maintain its level of reserves in future years to enable it to effectively undertake the Society’s objectives in accordance with the terms of the Deed of Trust.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts — “The Gower Festival acknowledges the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts for their generous donation which has allowed us to purchase the …” (source page)
Coach House Pianos — “Thanks also to Coach House Pianos for their outstanding help in securing the piano.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

EDWINA HART MBEchair
BRIAN PETER KOKELAAR
Carl David Holt Johnson
Deborah Catherine Lloyd
Hugh Leslie Aldous Dunthorne · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN FRANCIS MAHONEY
Kathleen Sarah LAWLOR
LAURENCE JEROME CARPANINI · trustee of 1 other charity
MARTYN SPENCER JENKINS · trustee of 2 other charities
Peter Francis Horry
Roger Edward Taylor
Sarah Margaret HARRIES
William John Anderson

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£113k	£55k
31/12/2023	£54k	£47k
31/12/2022	£35k	£39k

Common questions

Is GOWER FESTIVAL SOCIETY CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the society was constituted in 2022 and acquired the assets and activities of the previous Gower Festival Society. The trustees aim to maintain their level of reserves in future years to enable the effective undertaking of the Society’s objectives.

Who funds GOWER FESTIVAL SOCIETY CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GOWER FESTIVAL SOCIETY CIO as a grant recipient include THE GOWER SOCIETY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GOWER SOCIETY	FY2023	—	production of the programme