THE LLANGOLLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD LIMITED

Registered charity 504620 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The organisation of an annual international festival of music song and dance open to competitors from the nations of the world to promote international harmony and goodwill and knowledge of the arts generally.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE FINE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF MUSIC AND DANCE.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £35,089, although the trustees note that excluding advance grant funding and donations for future expenditure, the event itself made a small loss of £5,000. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £126,439 fall well below their stated policy target of six months' expenditure, reflecting a challenging financial position that relies on significant external grant support for viability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Salisburys & Company Business Solutions Limited. Discloses 6 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01165311
• Trading subsidiary: LLANGOLLEN PAVILION LIMITED Companies House 16303179

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council Wales — “Supported by Arts Council Wales, these groups will bring their multicultural and multilingual heritage to life in a celebration of Wales’ di…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• THOMAS, Morgan Ap Dyfed — director, appointed 30/10/2024on trustee list
• BROCKWAY, Fiona Doune — director, appointed 30/10/2024on trustee list
• DAVIES, John Rhys Adams, Dr — director, appointed 30/10/2024on trustee list
• PRICE, Karen — director, appointed 09/08/2023on trustee list
• HENNIGAN, David — director, appointed 09/08/2023on trustee list
• CALTON, Roderick Grant — director, appointed 08/12/2021on trustee list
• ADAMS, Christopher John, Prof — director, appointed 08/12/2021on trustee list
• YOUNG, Karl Arthur — director, appointed 16/09/2020on trustee list
• GAMBLES, John David — director, appointed 18/07/2018on trustee list
• DAVIES, Allison — secretary, appointed 01/12/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Allison Davies
• David Hennigan
• Dr John Rhys Adams Davies
• Fiona Dourne Brockway
• JOHN DAVID GAMBLES · trustee of 2 other charities
• Karen Price
• Karl Arthur Young
• Morgan Ap Dyfed Thomas
• Prof Christopher John Adams
• Roderick Grant Church Calton

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

Operates in: Denbighshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LYRIC ART FESTIVAL.

• INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LYRIC ART FESTIVAL income £388k
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• THE HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED income £574k
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• OXFORD LIEDER income £710k
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Side by side with its peers

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