Hurst Festival
Registered charity 1127445 CIO Registered since 2009
Operates: West Sussex
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Michel Emile Olszewski Chair
- BOB Sampson
- Belinda Sharp since 2021
- Ian John Deeley since 2026
- John James Barry since 2021
- Julia Kirby since 2024
- Margaret Frances Carey MBE JP
- Shaughan Vivienne Parish
- Simon Fergus Gordon Anckorn since 2024
2.8y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Ian John Deeley since 2026
- John James Barry since 2021
- Margaret Frances Carey MBE JP
- Simon Fergus Gordon Anckorn since 2024
Portfolio (5)
- Michel Emile Olszewski Chair
- BOB Sampson
- Belinda Sharp since 2021
- Julia Kirby since 2024
- Shaughan Vivienne Parish
2
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 9Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.
Business services 1Education 1Health and social care 1
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.
incomespending£81k latest income
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
- Hurst Players CIO 1 shared trustee
- Sussex Prisoners' Families 1 shared trustee
- The Almshouses of the Holy Name 1 shared trustee
- Shine Theatre Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Hurstpierpoint Society 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- The Theatre Company Blah Blah Blah Similar size; both Arts and culture
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.hurstfestival.org |
| committee@hurstfestival.org | |
| Phone | 01273835113 |
| Address | 112A HIGH STREET, HURSTPIERPOINT, HASSOCKS, BN6 9PX |
Finances
£49,723 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | £70,873 | £64,246 |
| 2023 | £58,148 | £61,194 |
| 2024 | £54,498 | £55,316 |
| 2025 | £80,962 | £60,461 |
| 2025 | £49,723 | £52,119 |
What it does
What
Arts/culture/heritage/scienceWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Provides ServicesCharitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS BY THE PRODUCTION OF AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL.
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONDATED 20 FEB 2026
Trustees (9)
9trustees
76median age
1aged 70+
- Michel Emile Olszewski Chair
- BOB Sampson
- Belinda Sharp since 2021
- Ian John Deeley since 2026
- John James Barry since 2021
- Julia Kirby since 2024
- Margaret Frances Carey MBE JPage band 80-84
- Shaughan Vivienne Parishage band 65-69
- Simon Fergus Gordon Anckorn since 2024
Connected charities (5)
- Sussex Prisoners' Families 1 shared trustee
- Hurst Players CIO 1 shared trustee
- The Hurstpierpoint Society 1 shared trustee
- The Almshouses of the Holy Name 1 shared trustee
- Shine Theatre Trust 1 shared trustee
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