The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Wimbledon Arts

Registered charity 1120297 Registered since 2007

Operates: Merton, Wandsworth

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

5
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 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 5Other services 4Professional services 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£670k latest income
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

3 from 1 in 2021
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wimbledonbookfest.org
Emailinfo@wimbledonbookfest.org
Phone02089473495
AddressWimbledon BookFest, 35 Wimbledon Hill Road, LONDON, SW19 7NB

Finances

£670,438 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£272,760£267,016
2021£529,214£530,482
2022£540,416£616,120
2023£484,588£508,008
2024£670,438£628,071

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE AN ANNUAL EVENT CALLED THE ''WIMBLEDON BOOKFEST'' OR CALLED BY SOME OTHER SIMILAR OR APPROPRIATE NAME, AND TO PROMOTE SIMILAR EVENTS RELATED TO OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ARTS.(B) TO STRENGTHEN THE BONDS BETWEEN THE ARTS AND THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE COMPANY OPERATES AND TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE RUNNING OF THE ARTS; TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS LOCALLY IN WIMBLEDON AND ITS ENVIRONS; AND TO WORK WITH OTHER BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 FEBRUARY 2007AS AMENDED 12 JULY 2007

Trustees (8)

8trustees
54median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Wimbledon Arts · 06083408 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/02/2007

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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