Registered charity · Worcester
Upton Festival of Blues Limited
Upton Festival of Blues Limited is a registered charity (number 1148230) based in Worcester, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £464k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £464k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Worcestershire
- Website
- www.uptonbluesfestival.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Upton Festival of Blues Limited
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£464k£448k
- 2024£395k£412k
- 2023£407k£328k
Earlier years
- 2022£283k£264k
- 2021£0£8k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1 THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE TOWNSFOLK OF, AND THE VISITORS TO, UPTON-UPON-SEVERN AND THE MIDLANDS, BY THE PERFORMANCE OF BLUES MUSIC OF A HIGH ARTISTIC CALIBRE; AND ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT2 TO ADVANCE THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE TOWNSFOLK OF UPTON-UPON-SEVERN AND THE PUBLIC OF THEMIDLANDS GENERALLY IN THE SUBJECT OF MUSIC, INCLUDING THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AND THE PLAYING OF MUSIC GENERALLY;3 TO ADVANCE THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL IN THE SUBJECT OF BLUES MUSIC OF A HIGH ARTISTIC CALIBRE, INCLUDING THE APPRECIATION OF SUCH BLUES MUSIC AND THE PLAYING OF SUCH BLUES MUSIC GENERALLY; AND/OR4 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF UPTON-UPON-SEVERN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND FUNDING OF ACTIVITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND FOR OTHER REGISTERED CHARITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Grahame James Bunn since 2023
- Michael Raymond Morgan since 2014
- Peter David Jordan since 2023
- Ruth Hasle Etheridge since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Raymond Morgan since 2014
- Ruth Hasle Etheridge since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Grahame James Bunn since 2023
- Michael Raymond Morgan since 2014
- Peter David Jordan since 2023
- Ruth Hasle Etheridge since 2012
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1148230
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/05/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20 APR 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04 MAR 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 08065263 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01684591144 · bluesuptonoffice@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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