The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Penzance Literary Festival

Registered charity 1168422 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Cornwall

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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

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
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 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£16k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.pzlitfest.co.uk
Emailinfo@pzlitfest.co.uk
Phone01736 350749
Address58 BELGRAVIA STREET, PENZANCE, TR18 2BL

Finances

£16,295 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£500£80
2021£0£136
2022£7,004£9,283
2023£12,372£12,651
2024£16,295£12,428

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:A) TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF LITERATURE, BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 25 Jul 2016

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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