THE HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL LIMITED

Registered charity 514614 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HCMF, HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL

hcmf// is the largest annual, international festival of contemporary, experimental and new music in the UK, taking place over 10 days and consisting of 50 events, including concerts, music theatre, installations,talks and films, with a year round Learning & Participation programme, devised and implemented as an integral part of the artistic programme, and to respond to regional and national need.

Objects

TO PROMOTE IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING THE ARTS IN GENERAL AND MUSIC, FINE CRAFTS AND ARTS IN PARTICULAR, AND IT IS HEREBY DECLARED THAT NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORISE OR PERMIT THE PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY NOR THE INCOME THEREOF NOR ANY PART OF SUCH PROPERTY OR INCOME TO BE APPLIED OR USED FOR ANY OBJECT OR PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT OF AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE 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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Registered contact address: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £2,116 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £55,605. This meets the Board's stated policy target of approximately three months' operational expenditure (no less than £50,000). The charity remains in positive financial balance despite a challenging climate, relying on major funders such as Arts Council England and the University of Huddersfield.

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 5 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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

• Andrew Kurowskichair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR MICK PEAKE MB CLB FRCP · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Laura Bowler
• Kath Pinnock
• Martel Louise Ollerenshaw
• Professor John Michael Clarke
• Professor Raymond MacDonald
• Supriya Nagarajan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kirklees

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HUDDERSFIELD PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

• THE HUDDERSFIELD PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY income £32k
• Hatfield House Music Festival income £93k
• LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL income £17k
• THE HUDDERSFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY income £302k
• MIDSUMMER MUSIC income £77k
• NORFOLK COUNTY MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION income £69k

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