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Registered charity · Cambridge

Cambridge Literary Festival

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £485k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Recreation
Where
Cambridgeshire
Website
www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Cambridge Literary Festival Limited
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£485k£440k
  • 2024£455k£405k
  • 2023£416k£375k
Earlier years
  • 2022£255k£260k
  • 2021£239k£255k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR THROUGH A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN CAMBRIDGE, AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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.

7 trustees on the board

2.3y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

6
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 7Recreation 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 11Tech and media 5Arts and leisure 3

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£485k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
1153944
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/05/2008
Companies House
Company number 06599041 · Active
Contact on the register
01223515335 · hello@cambridgeliteraryfestival.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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