Wantage Literary Festival

Registered charity 1165315 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Oxfordshire

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

8y median 9.5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.2y

average years in governance

5 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Wantage Independent Advice Centre 1 shared trustee
King Alfred's Educational Charity 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

King Alfred's Educational Charity 1 shared trustee
Wantage Independent Advice Centre 1 shared trustee
Haverfordwest Town Museum Similar size; both Arts and culture
Tyume Valley Schools Development Association Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Arts University Bournemouth Charitable Foundation Similar size; both Arts and culture
Southwark Every Woman's Centre Similar size; both Arts and culture

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Contact

Website	http://www.wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/
Email	festivaldirector@wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk
Phone	07979512104
Address	12 Brookside, Headington, OXFORD, OX3 7PJ

Finances

£42,776 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£967	£10,379
2022	£771	£5,822
2023	£33,214	£17,377
2024	£39,917	£34,947
2025	£42,776	£31,665

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

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Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS AND 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 WANTAGE AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 26 JAN 2016AMENDED ON 31 JAN 2018

Trustees (6)

6trustees

0aged 70+

Benjamin William Dreyer since 2015
Geoffrey Stephen Williams B.SC.Hons since 2016
Hannah Spivey since 2022
Jennifer Hannaby since 2015
Nicola Jane Hanna since 2023
Valery Rose since 2017

Connected charities (2)

King Alfred's Educational Charity 1 shared trustee
Wantage Independent Advice Centre 1 shared trustee

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