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The Canterbury Festival Foundation

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £37k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.canterburyfestival.co.uk/support-us/festival-foundation.aspx (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Canterbury Festival Foundation
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£37k£40k
  • 2024£33k£43k
  • 2023£52k£59k
Earlier years
  • 2022£33k£53k
  • 2021£32k£54k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CANTERBURY THEATRE AND FESTIVAL TRUST, A CHARITABLE COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE (COMPANY NUMBER 1480595) AND REGISTERED AS A CHARITY UNDER CHARITY NUMBER 27914 ("THE FESTIVAL"), AND TO APPLY THE INCOME AND, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTORS, THE CAPITAL OF THE FOUNDATION TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FESTIVAL.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

7.3y median 6y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 7Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 10Other services 3Retail and trade 3

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£37k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1097824
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 AUGUST 2002, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 15TH JULY 2004
Companies House
Company number 04504231 · Active
Contact on the register
01227452853 · info@canterburyfestival.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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