Registered charity · Somerset
Wells Festival of Literature Limited
- 6 trustees
- Income £98k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Somerset
- Website
- www.wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Wells Festival of Literature Limited
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£98k£97k
- 2023£92k£90k
- 2022£93k£83k
Earlier years
- 2021£77k£80k
- 2020£58k£71k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE ARTS GENERALLY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY MEANS OF FESTIVALS OF THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE CITY OF WELLS AND ELSEWHERE IN SUCH MANNER, AT SUCH TIMES, IN SUCH PLACES AND SO OFTEN AS THE BOARD OF THE COMPANY SHALL THINK FIT AND DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR NECESSARY TO THE ATTAINMENT OF SUCH OBJECTS.
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
- Richard Denley John Manning Chair since 2014
- Alex Kolombos since 2017
- Dorothy Wright since 2018
- Frances Mary Rowe since 2018
- Hilary Thomasine Cain
- Sian Elizabeth Decamp since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Denley John Manning Chair since 2014
- Alex Kolombos since 2017
- Dorothy Wright since 2018
- Frances Mary Rowe since 2018
- Sian Elizabeth Decamp since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Richard Denley John Manning Chair since 2014
- Alex Kolombos since 2017
- Frances Mary Rowe since 2018
- Hilary Thomasine Cain
- Sian Elizabeth Decamp since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Dorothy Wright since 2018
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1045654
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 JUNE 1993
- Companies House
- Company number 02827744 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01749673525 · admin@wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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