The Mersea Island Festival Trust

Registered charity 1097455 Registered since 2003

Operates: Essex

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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.

5 trustees on the board

4.7y median 3y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Paula Moore since 2016

3.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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 5Disability 5Education/training 5

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£115k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

Also active in the same field

Dartmouth Swimming Pool Company Limited Similar size; both Sport
Hanslope 326 Club Similar size; both Sport
Pitshanger Football Club Similar size; both Sport
Witton Albion Junior Football Club Similar size; both Sport
Mayford Athletic Football Club Similar size; both Sport
Miracle Street UK Similar size; both Sport

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.merseafestival.org.uk
Email	info@merseafestival.org.uk
Phone	07515 945803
Address	50 Firs Chase, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8NG

Finances

£115,122 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£3,382	£1,199
2022	£4,021	£396
2023	£33,554	£39,654
2024	£93,498	£101,005
2024	£115,122	£116,178

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT AND EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE (UP TO THE AGE OF 25) AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES, BY THE PROMOTION OF ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP THEIR MENTAL , PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES AND ACHIEVE GREATER MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 8 MARCH 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 APRIL 2003

Trustees (5)

5trustees

0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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