STAINSBY FOLK GROUP

Registered charity 509610 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STAINSBY FESTIVAL

Stainsby Festival and associated educational arts activities

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF FOLK MUSIC IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAINSBY FOLK FESTIVAL AND OTHER EVENTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE.

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 charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £12,111, though it ran an overall deficit of £4,506 in unrestricted funds. The organization does not operate a formal reserves policy, and the independent examiner highlighted lapses in the completeness and integrity of accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr HUGH ELLISchair
• Adele Louise Gillibrand
• Ashley Louise Gobbi
• Bethan Davies Ellis
• Bob Betts
• CHRIS ELLIS
• Dr Mary Cryan
• EMMA FARNDON
• Ian Gobbi
• KATE GILLIBRAND
• Owain Thomas Davies Ellis
• Richard John Renshaw
• TIM FARNDON
• TONY TRAFFORD · trustee of 2 other charities
• Vince Briers
• ZARA GILLIBRAND

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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