Registered charity · Bridport
The Bridport Literary Festival Limited
- 6 trustees
- Income £136k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire
- Website
- www.bridlit.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Bridport Literary Festival Limited
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£136k£136k
- 2024£115k£125k
- 2023£115k£99k
Earlier years
- 2022£97k£87k
- 2021£32k£50k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND RUNNING OF A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN BRIDPORT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO READ FOR PLEASURE AND TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF ANY MATTERS LITERARY, HISTORIC, ARTISTIC, ARCHITECTURAL, AESTHETIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Stuart Rock Chair since 2024
- Deirdre Coates since 2014
- Diana Hall since 2026
- Helen Irene Carless since 2022
- Mary Laura Selina Rose Joly since 2022
- Timothy Clarke since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Deirdre Coates since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Stuart Rock Chair since 2024
- Deirdre Coates since 2014
- Diana Hall since 2026
- Helen Irene Carless since 2022
- Mary Laura Selina Rose Joly since 2022
- Timothy Clarke since 2025
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1147075
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 MAR 2012
- Companies House
- Company number 08000525 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01308 426491 · hello@bridlit.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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