Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama

Registered charity 1064081 Registered since 1997

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Bedford

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5y median 3.5y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

7.3y

average years in governance

10 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience

Education 2Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

Boards that share trustees

The Rothsay Education Centre (Bedford) LTD 1 shared trustee
The Philharmonia Orchestra in Bedford Trust 1 shared trustee
House of Industry Estate 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Philharmonia Orchestra in Bedford Trust 1 shared trustee
The Rothsay Education Centre (Bedford) LTD 1 shared trustee
House of Industry Estate 1 shared trustee
Ashford (Kent) Choral Society Similar size; both Arts and culture
The NEW Forest Players Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Nicholas Boas Charitable Trust Similar size; both Arts and culture

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Contact

Website	www.bedfordshirefestival.org.uk
Email	festival@bedfordshirefestival.org.uk
Phone	07824829097
Address	76 Willington Road, Cople, BEDFORD, MK44 3TN

Finances

£51,482 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£15,392	£13,611
2022	£37,726	£42,732
2023	£41,383	£42,644
2024	£44,926	£44,022
2025	£51,482	£45,135

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA, AND DANCE, IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26/06/1997AS AMENDED ON 24/06/1999AS AMENDED ON 26/06/2003AS AMENDED ON 24/06/2004AS AMENDED ON 21/06/2007AS AMENDED ON 19/06/2008AS AMENDED ON 20/06/2013AS AMENDED ON 03/07/2014

Trustees (12)

12trustees

72median age

1aged 70+

Lucinda Alice Camilla Copeman Chair since 2022
Councillor Henry Vann since 2012
Irina Ermakova since 2024
Lucy Joane Eggleton since 2024
Manoj Guptaage 60 since 2023
Neil Andrew Fraser Morgan since 2025
Olivia Cooper since 2021
Peter Bluntage 84 since 2025
Robert Trunchion
Sally Ann Merryweather since 2018
TIM Grant-Jones
William Ivor Burton since 2016

Connected charities (3)

The Philharmonia Orchestra in Bedford Trust 1 shared trustee
House of Industry Estate 1 shared trustee
The Rothsay Education Centre (Bedford) LTD 1 shared trustee

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