The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

International Guitar Foundation & Festivals

Registered charity 1050109 Registered since 1995

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

9y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

3
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 3Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3

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

Arts and leisure 4Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£231k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.igf.org.uk
Emailtom@igf.org.uk
Phone07545697741
AddressRoyal Quays Business Centre, Coble Dean, Royal Quays, North Shields, NE29 6DE

Finances

£230,507 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£234,626£223,744
2021£227,234£225,391
2022£200,461£198,918
2023£226,897£222,405
2024£230,507£226,897

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ,MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCES WITH AN EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSE THE PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION OF COURSES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND ARTISTIC EVENTS AND THE PURSUIT OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY WHICH CAN USEFULLY BE UNDERTAKEN IN SUPPORT OF THESE OBJECTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 8TH JUNE 1994 (AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 20TH SEPTEMBER 1994.)

Trustees (3)

3trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

International Guitar Foundation & Festivals · 02932317 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 24/05/1994

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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