LICHFIELD FESTIVAL LIMITED

Registered charity 512201 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL ARTS LIMITED, LICHFIELD FESTIVAL, THE LICHFIELD FESTIVAL

PRODUCTION OF ANNUAL MULTI ARTS FESTIVAL IN AND AROUND LICHFIELD AND STAFFORDSHIRE

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROMOTION OF MUSIC, PLAYS, FILMS, EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS, LECTURES, READINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH PUBLIC FESTIVALS AND SCHEMES THEREFOR. (FOR FURTHER DETIALS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

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 ended the year with a surplus, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £155,217. The Trustees consider this level of free reserves to be adequate and in line with their policy target of covering 100% of forecast fixed costs. The organization maintains a strong cash balance and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01592012

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.

• JACKSON, Adrian Paul — director, appointed 01/11/2025on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Lesley Bernadette Maria — director, appointed 02/06/2025on trustee list
• MCFARLANE, Janet Elizabeth, The Right Reverend — director, appointed 01/10/2024on trustee list
• SMITH, Wayne Roger — director, appointed 10/10/2023on trustee list
• SMITH, Janet Christine — director, appointed 24/07/2023on trustee list
• GRAHAM, Jennifer Rosemary — director, appointed 24/07/2023on trustee list
• SWALLOW, Adrianne — director, appointed 06/05/2020not on trustee list
• LUE, Claire Louise — director, appointed 10/03/2020on trustee list
• WALKER, Colin Douglas — director, appointed 12/03/2019on trustee list
• SHAW, David — director, appointed 12/03/2018on trustee list
• MANSELL, Raymond — director, appointed 24/10/2016on trustee list
• WISER, Helen Lesley — director, appointed 14/03/2016on trustee list
• ABLITT, Colin Peter — secretary, appointed 19/01/2018

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (51% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Paul Jackson
• Adrienne Swallow
• CLAIRE TETLEY
• Claire Louise Lue
• Colin Douglas Walker · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Shaw
• Helen Lesley Wiser
• Janet Christine Smith
• Jennifer Rosemary Graham
• Lesley Bernadette Maria Williams
• RAYMOND MANSELL
• The Right Reverend Janet Elizabeth McFarlane · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wayne Roger Smith

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Staffordshire · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).