Registered charity (CIO) · Dorset
The Beaminster Festival and the Friends of the Beaminster Festival
- 8 trustees
- Income £77k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Philip Anthony Venner CrawfordChair · since 2018
- Brian Douglas RidleyTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Murray RoseTrustee · since 2018
- Michael David RyanTrustee · since 2018
- Patrick Alexander Sidney EvansTrustee · since 2023
- Peter BrookTrustee · since 2018
- Richard William FodderTrustee · since 2025
- Silvana Julia BandiniTrustee · since 2020
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
- Devon, Dorset, Somerset
- Website
- www.beaminsterfestival.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£77k£77k
- 2023£79k£82k
- 2022£53k£69k
Earlier years
- 2021£21k£13k
- 2020£101k£99k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
IN THE TOWN AND DISTRICT OF BEAMINSTER DORSET TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ORGANISING OF AN ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL IN BEAMINSTER.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Philip Anthony Venner Crawford Chair since 2018
- Brian Douglas Ridley since 2022
- Dr Murray Rose since 2018
- Michael David Ryan since 2018
- Patrick Alexander Sidney Evans since 2023
- Peter Brook since 2018
- Richard William Fodder since 2025
- Silvana Julia Bandini since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Philip Anthony Venner Crawford Chair since 2018
- Dr Murray Rose since 2018
- Michael David Ryan since 2018
- Peter Brook since 2018
- Silvana Julia Bandini since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Philip Anthony Venner Crawford Chair since 2018
- Brian Douglas Ridley since 2022
- Dr Murray Rose since 2018
- Michael David Ryan since 2018
- Patrick Alexander Sidney Evans since 2023
- Peter Brook since 2018
- Richard William Fodder since 2025
- Silvana Julia Bandini since 2020
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
- 1164346
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 10 Nov 2015
- Contact on the register
- 07970 895302 · treasurer@beaminsterfestival.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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