Registered charity · Devon

The Appledore Book Festival

9 trustees
Income £219k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where: Devon
Website: www.appledorebookfestival.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: The Appledore Book Festival
Registered: 2017

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2024£219k£216k
2023£206k£193k
2022£184k£175k

Earlier years

2021£174k£117k
2020£59k£84k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF LITERATURE, READING AND THE LOCAL HISTORY OF APPLEDORE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA.TO ADVANCE ANY PURPOSE THAT IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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.

9 trustees on the board

4.8y median 4y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Mark Rogers Britton since 2024
Patricia Hadley-Smith since 2016
Richard Hamilton Cable since 2020
Sean Kearney since 2024
Susan Sandon since 2018

Portfolio (4)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Amateur Sport 1Religious Activities 1

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

Other services 8Tech and media 2Arts and leisure 1

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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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£219k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1171761
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 FEB 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 DEC 2016
Companies House: Company number 10016211 · Active
Contact on the register: 01237 238798 · secretary@appledorebookfestival.co.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 20th 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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