EAST GRINSTEAD MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 281201 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organising and running of Music and Arts Festival.

Objects

TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE GENERALLY, AND BY MEANS OF THE COMPETITION FESTIVAL MOVEMENT IN PARTICULAR THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS OF MUSIC, 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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus, increasing its unrestricted funds from £8,837.76 to £11,884.56. However, the trustees' report notes that the next year is unlikely to show such a positive outcome and expenditure must be monitored carefully. The charity holds its funds in a current account with no disclosed investments or liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carole Clark
• Catherine Sally Russell
• Graham Daniel Russell
• Janet Topping · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jill Spencer
• Jodie Clark
• Joshua Martin Horton
• Kristina Louise Hewitt
• Mandy Cunningham
• Susan Jane Karaolis

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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