The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Harwich Festival

Registered charity 1171712 CIO Registered since 2017

Operates: Essex

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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.

7 trustees on the board

7.9y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

3
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 7Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 2Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£87k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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

Websitewww.harwichfestival.com
Emailinfo@harwichfestival.com
Phone01255319191
AddressHarwich Arts & Heritage Centre, Main Road, Dovercourt, CO12 4AJ

Finances

£87,271 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£94,092£48,243
2021£46,798£44,979
2022£75,596£101,208
2023£50,815£50,567
2024£87,271£80,145

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS IN HARWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE INCLUDING:• ESTABLISHING THE HARWICH FESTIVAL AS A REGIONAL ARTS HUB THAT PROVIDES A DIVERSE RANGE OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY;• PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANNUAL HARWICH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS IN TERMS OF AUDIENCE GROWTH (OVERALL NUMBERS, AGE AND GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD) AND DIVERSITY OF PROGRAMME AND BUILDING THE FESTIVAL AS A RESOURCE FOR LOCAL ARTS ACTIVITY;• PROMOTING CULTURAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHICH ARE LOCATED IN VENUES THAT ENSURE FULL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Feb 2017

Trustees (7)

7trustees
48median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Harwich Festival · CE010357 · Active

Charitable Incorporated Organisation · incorporated 21/02/2017

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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