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Registered charity · Ripon

The World Trust

The World Trust is a registered charity (number 1003265) based in Ripon, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Baroness COX of Queensbury since 2012. Latest income £70k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Ripon International Festival (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £70k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
City Of London, North Yorkshire
Website
www.riponinternationalfestival.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1991

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£70k£70k
  • 2024£78k£76k
  • 2023£73k£73k
Earlier years
  • 2022£81k£77k
  • 2021£33k£30k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1)TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISABILITY AND SICKNESS. (2)TO PROMOTE IMPROVE DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AND IN PARTICULAR MUSICAL WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA AND OTHER ENSEMBLES WITH OR WITHOUT CHORUS OR INSTRUMENTAL OR VOCAL SOLOISTS.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

8.2y median 8y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6General Charitable Purposes 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£78k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1003265
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 15TH MAY 1991
Contact on the register
01765605508 · info@riponinternationalfestival.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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