The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

HAY Festival Foundation LTD

Registered charity 1070073 Registered since 1998

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.

12 trustees on the board

1.8y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (5)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Environment/conservation/heritage 2General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 20Education 7Property 7

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£6.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

31 from 21 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.hayfestival.com
Emailamanda@hayfestival.org
Phone01497822620
AddressHay Festival, The Drill Hall, 25 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye, HEREFORD, HR3 5AD

Finances

£6,883,201 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£166,884£45,853
2022£4,687,630£4,630,863
2023£5,389,786£5,091,450
2024£6,365,737£5,969,965
2025£6,883,201£6,377,421

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:-(A) TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION AND LEARNING OF THE PEOPLE OF BOTH THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LITERATURE, POETRY AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING PUBLIC FESTIVALS, SHOWS, READINGS AND FAIRS;(B) TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN LITERATURE AND POETRY AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD PROVIDED THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH SHALL BE PUBLISHED;(C) TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE AND POETRY AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE ABOVE) TO AWARD MEDALS AND/OR PRIZES IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT;(D) TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF BOTH THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THE ART OR SCIENCE OF LITERATURE, POETRY AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IN ALL ITS BRANCHES AND LIKEWISE TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE IMPROVEMENT OF LITERATURE, POETRY AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9TH JANUARY 1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 JUN 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 MAY 2020 as amended on 10 Dec 2021

Trustees (12)

12trustees
59median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

HAY Festival Foundation Limited · 03490480 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/01/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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