WOOBURN FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 282538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides a multi arts festival in September/October each year.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, FILM, DANCING, LITERATURE, PAINTINGM, SCULPTURE AND DRAWING BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS PERFORMANCES ART EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING FESTIVAL SEASONS AND ON OTHER OCCASIONS.

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: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£31k

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £861 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a surplus after prior year adjustments. The trustees consider the current unrestricted reserves of £41,497 to be adequate, noting they represent approximately 145% of the year's expenditure. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate reserves are essential to enable the Festival to continue (reserves figure: £41k)

“The directors consider from time to time as to whether the reserves are adequate to mount the Festival each year, and consider that adequate reserves are essential to enable the Festival to continue.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 7
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 3% of the £34,163 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (2); 7% of the £27,671 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 9
Government income: £4,000 — grants £4,000 (2); 13% of the £30,759 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

BRIAN MICHAEL JOHNSONchair
CATHERINE BOOTH
CHRISTOPHER JOHN PAYNE
DAVID REID LAING BATHIE LAMB
Gillian Daphne Ann Lowy
Gordon Nevill · trustee of 1 other charity
James Temple Perkins
SANDRA GAREY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Slough · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£34k	£31k
31/12/2024	£28k	£29k
31/12/2023	£31k	£27k
31/12/2022	£26k	£23k
31/12/2021	£21k	£20k

Common questions

Is WOOBURN FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £861 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a surplus after prior year adjustments. The trustees consider the current unrestricted reserves of £41,497 to be adequate, noting they represent approximately 145% of the year's expenditure. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. 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 MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATION	1	£83k
CHK Foundation	1	£10k
JAPAN HOUSE LONDON TRUST	1	£5k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	1	£5k
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION	1	£4k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	1	£1k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NUNEATON FESTIVAL OF ARTS.

NUNEATON FESTIVAL OF ARTS income £36k
ASHBOURNE ARTS LIMITED income £75k
WOODLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ARTS income £29k
LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL income £17k
BEWDLEY FESTIVAL LIMITED income £86k
THE TETBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL income £89k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOOBURN FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED	£34k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
NUNEATON FESTIVAL OF ARTS FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ASHBOURNE ARTS LIMITED FY2025	£75k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ARTS FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL FY2025	£17k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEWDLEY FESTIVAL LIMITED FY2025	£86k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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