WOODLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ARTS

Registered charity 276812 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Annual music and arts festival promoting cultural activities in the local and wider area.

Objects

TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE ANDENCOURAGE GENERALLY AND BY MEANS OF THE COMPETITION FESTIVAL MOVEMENT IN PARTICULAR THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS OF MUISC, DANCING, ELOCUTION, LITERATURE AND ACTING IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wokingham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£29k

Latest spending

£26k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £22,865, resulting from an excess of receipts over payments of £3,237. The trustees' report indicates that the organization is financially stable, having built up reserves above its stated policy target of £12,000 to mitigate risks such as event cancellation. The filing confirms that resources are adequate to continue operations, with no material uncertainties reported.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Entry Fees (46% of income)

“46% of revenues came from entry fees which were ahead budget driven by a higher level of entrants” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: not less than £12,000 (held: £23k)

“We have therefore concluded that we should endeavour to start each financial year with unrestricted reserves of not less than £12,000, but also that we manage our finances such that these reserves do not exceed £16,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Fiona Jane Fisherchair
Angela Marianne Roberts
Jacqueline Jean Newport
Sandra Dawn Tucker

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Reading · West Berkshire · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£29k	£26k
31/05/2024	£25k	£22k
31/05/2023	£25k	£21k
31/05/2022	£19k	£18k
31/05/2021	£2k	£2k

Common questions

Is WOODLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £22,865, resulting from an excess of receipts over payments of £3,237. The trustees' report indicates that the organization is financially stable, having built up reserves above its stated policy target of £12,000 to mitigate risks such as event cancellation. The filing confirms that resources are adequate to continue operations, with no material uncertainties reported. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION	1	£4k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£2k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEWDLEY FESTIVAL LIMITED.

BEWDLEY FESTIVAL LIMITED income £86k
SWALEDALE FESTIVAL income £247k
EAST GRINSTEAD MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION income £36k
The Watford Festival of Music, Speech and Drama income £47k
Woodley Community Carnival income £83k
TORBAY AND SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND FESTIVAL income £62k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOODLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ARTS	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEWDLEY FESTIVAL LIMITED FY2025	£86k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SWALEDALE FESTIVAL FY2025	£247k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EAST GRINSTEAD MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION FY2026	£36k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Watford Festival of Music, Speech and Drama FY2025	£47k	—	within	—	no doubt
Woodley Community Carnival FY2025	£83k	—	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.