Registered charity · Exeter
Devon Performing Arts Festival
Devon Performing Arts Festival is a registered charity (number 1033478) based in Exeter, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Rev Philip Paul Wagstaff since 2025. Latest income £5k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
Also known as Devon Festival, The Devon Performing Arts Festival (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £5k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Rev Philip Paul WagstaffChair · since 2025
- Ashley AllertonTrustee
- Edward DraperTrustee · since 2025
- Heather BrookeTrustee · since 2023
- Helen MountainTrustee
- JO HighleyTrustee · since 2011
- Linda GibsonTrustee
- MRS ANN ReedTrustee
- Ruth PittsTrustee · since 2020
- Susan CousensTrustee · since 2011
- Tafline PercyTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Devon
- Website
- www.dpaf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5k£5k
- 2024£7k£6k
- 2023£3k£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£2k£5k
- 2021£0£630
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SPEECH, DRAMA AND DANCE, IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Rev Philip Paul Wagstaff Chair since 2025
- Ashley Allerton
- Edward Draper since 2025
- Helen Mountain
- Heather Brooke since 2023
- JO Highley since 2011
- Linda Gibson
- MRS ANN Reed
- Ruth Pitts since 2020
- Susan Cousens since 2011
- Tafline Percy since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- JO Highley since 2011
- Ruth Pitts since 2020
- Susan Cousens since 2011
- Tafline Percy since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Rev Philip Paul Wagstaff Chair since 2025
- Ashley Allerton
- Edward Draper since 2025
- Helen Mountain
- Heather Brooke since 2023
- JO Highley since 2011
- Linda Gibson
- MRS ANN Reed
- Ruth Pitts since 2020
- Susan Cousens since 2011
- Tafline Percy since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1033478
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 8TH DECEMBER 1993 AMENDED 1ST JUNE 2004. as amended on 14 Nov 2018
- Contact on the register
- 07890828929 · secretary@dpaf.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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