Registered charity (CIO) · Somerset
Ilminster Literary Festival
- 6 trustees
- Income £18k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Deryk Alan OutramTrustee · since 2016
- Gerald Edward John HawkeTrustee · since 2025
- Gillian Mary WalkerTrustee · since 2016
- Ian MunroTrustee · since 2018
- Kenneth Richard CooperTrustee · since 2020
- Susan CollardTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- Rotary Club of Ilminster Trust Fund · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- ilminsterliteraryfestival.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£18k£20k
- 2024£13k£12k
- 2023£13k£11k
Earlier years
- 2022£15k£14k
- 2021£8k£8k
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND RUNNING OF A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN ILMINSTER TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO READ FOR PLEASURE AND TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF ANY MATTERS OF LITERARY, HISTORIC, ARTISTIC, ARCHITECTURAL, AESTHETIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST.
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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
- Deryk Alan Outram since 2016
- Gerald Edward John Hawke since 2025
- Gillian Mary Walker since 2016
- Ian Munro since 2018
- Kenneth Richard Cooper since 2020
- Susan Collard since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Deryk Alan Outram since 2016
- Gillian Mary Walker since 2016
- Ian Munro since 2018
- Kenneth Richard Cooper since 2020
- Susan Collard since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Gerald Edward John Hawke since 2025
- Gillian Mary Walker since 2016
- Ian Munro since 2018
- Kenneth Richard Cooper since 2020
- Susan Collard since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Deryk Alan Outram since 2016
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.
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- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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
- 1169618
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Oct 2016
- Contact on the register
- 0146055050 · Ilminsterlitfest@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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