The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The World Trust

Registered charity 1003265 Registered since 1991

Operates: City Of London, North Yorkshire

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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

8.1y
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

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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

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.riponinternationalfestival.com
Emailinfo@riponinternationalfestival.com
Phone01765605508
AddressHOLLY HOWE, COPT HEWICK, RIPON, HG4 5BY

Finances

£70,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£33,133£30,422
2022£80,836£77,077
2023£72,652£73,386
2024£77,995£76,085
2025£70,000£70,009

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Services

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.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 15TH MAY 1991

Trustees (6)

6trustees
70median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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