Registered charity · Oxfordshire
The Burford Festival
- 5 trustees
- Income £3k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.burfordfestival.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Burford Festival
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3k£12k
- 2024£45k£29k
- 2023£4k£16k
Earlier years
- 2022£39k£16k
- 2021£2k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS IN BURFORD BY ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORTING FESTIVALS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF CULTURE, FINE ARTS, MUSIC, DRAMA, DANCE, LITERATURE, SCIENCE, HERITAGE, HORTICULTURE AND HANDICRAFTS.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO YOUTH GROUPS, AND YOUTH CENTRES, SPORTING EVENTS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENTS IN BURFORD AND/OR THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR INHABITANTS.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORIC HERITAGE OF BURFORD AND THE PROMOTION OF THE CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BURFORD INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO LOCAL HERITAGE, PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION ORGANISATIONS.
Grants received
1 grant · £1,700 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,700
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Deborah Jaqueline Knight since 2016
- Dorrit Susan Marshall since 2025
- Dr Kenneth Walter Gray since 2017
- Hugh Ashton since 2020
- John Jameson White since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Deborah Jaqueline Knight since 2016
- Dr Kenneth Walter Gray since 2017
- Hugh Ashton since 2020
- John Jameson White since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Deborah Jaqueline Knight since 2016
- Dr Kenneth Walter Gray since 2017
- Hugh Ashton since 2020
- John Jameson White since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Dorrit Susan Marshall since 2025
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
- 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
- 1092720
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 MARCH 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 JUN 2018
- Companies House
- Company number 04391281 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07737553683 · info@burfordfestival.org
- 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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