NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME FESTIVAL FOR MUSIC SPEECH & DRAMA ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1203095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

An annual festival for Music, Speech and Drama, held in March, which is open to all, and competitors receive an adjudication, with winner receiving a trophy. Also a High Scorers Concert in May.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PARTICULAR ARTS OF MUSIC, SPEECH & DRAMA, IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES.3.1 TO HOLD AND PROMOTE AN ANNUAL COMPETITIVE FESTIVAL3.2 TO PRESENT AND PROMOTE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS AND RECITALS.

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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• Paying staff
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Mary Richardsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew James
• DANIEL KEEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID WEBB
• Hilary Ann Jones
• Jane Harrop
• Janice Isobel Sapsford
• Karen Dyke
• Lynne Bradburn

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Operates in: Staffordshire

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