Registered charity (CIO) · Northumberland
Berwick Literary Festival
- 6 trustees
- Income £59k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Northumberland, Scotland
- Website
- www.berwickliteraryfestival.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£59k£51k
- 2023£33k£28k
- 2022£16k£24k
Earlier years
- 2021£14k£16k
- 2020£13k£7k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 27%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION,UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS,IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND RUNNING OF A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN BERWICK-UPON-TWEED AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE
Grants received
8 grants · £9,500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Community Foundation North East · £9,500 (8 grants)
Most recent
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Dr Stephen George Platten Chair since 2021
- Dr Nolan Dalrymple since 2020
- George Freeland Barbour since 2024
- Helen Wright since 2022
- Sarah Lucy Baxandall since 2022
- Valerie Margaret Bistram since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Nolan Dalrymple since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Nolan Dalrymple since 2020
- George Freeland Barbour since 2024
- Helen Wright since 2022
- Sarah Lucy Baxandall since 2022
- Valerie Margaret Bistram since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Stephen George Platten Chair since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1168860
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 22 Aug 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01289302913 · info@berwickliteraryfestival.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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