Registered charity · Buxton
Buxton Festival Foundation
Buxton Festival Foundation is a registered charity (number 1096269) based in Buxton, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by MS Kate Redford since 2017. Latest income £14k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Buxton International Festival Foundation (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £14k (2025)
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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
- Derbyshire
- Website
- www.bffs.world (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£14k£13k
- 2024£16k£26k
- 2023£80k£26k
Earlier years
- 2022£181k£614
- 2021£25k£1k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS BY:1) ESTABLISHING AND ADMINISTERING AN ENDOWMENT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE AMENITIES FOR BUXTON FESTIVAL AND TO EXTEND THE WORK OF THE BUXTON FESTIVAL2) SUPPORTING THE BUXTON ARTS FESTIVAL LIMITED AND BUXTON FESTIVAL SOCIETY (BOTH BEING REGISTERED CHARITIES WITH NUMBERS 276957 AND 513970) BY PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT3) DOING ALL THINGS CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS OF BUXTON ARTS FESTIVAL LIMITED AND BUXTON FESTIVAL SOCIETY4) UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE TRUSTS RELATED TO CLAUSE 1 TO 3 ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.
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
- MS Kate Redford Chair since 2017
- Colin Jan Gregory since 2020
- John Edwin Young since 2021
- John Raymond - aka Christopher Barron OBE since 2024
- Philip Norman Barton since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- MS Kate Redford Chair since 2017
- Colin Jan Gregory since 2020
- Philip Norman Barton since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- MS Kate Redford Chair since 2017
- John Raymond - aka Christopher Barron OBE since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Colin Jan Gregory since 2020
- John Edwin Young since 2021
- Philip Norman Barton since 2016
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
- 1096269
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 17 JUNE 2002 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 20 JANUARY 2003
- Contact on the register
- 07980660202 · treasurer@bffs.world
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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