YORK FESTIVAL TRUST

Registered charity 509405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Production of the York Cycle of Mystery Plays in the waggon play tradition using a four yearly cycle. Arranging conferences to increase the knowledge of the mystery plays in this form.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

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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Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£14k
Latest spending
£1k
Registered
1979

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Policies the charity declares

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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 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 140

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Trustees · trustee networks

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Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£14k£1k
31/12/2024£43£931
31/12/2023£256£1k
31/12/2022£38k£36k
31/12/2021£231£434

Common questions

Who funds YORK FESTIVAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YORK FESTIVAL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PATRICIA AND DONALD SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PATRICIA AND DONALD SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE PATRICIA AND DONALD SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£20k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.