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Registered charity (CIO) · Halesworth

INK

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £205k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

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
Throughout England
Website
inkfestival.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£205k£200k
  • 2024£139k£160k
  • 2023£132k£137k
Earlier years
  • 2022£113k£129k
  • 2021£45k£32k
Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:-1)ENCOURAGING AND NURTURING THE WRITING OF NEW SHORT SCRIPTS FOR STAGE, RADIO AND FILM BY EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED WRITERS OF ALL AGES WITH AN EAST ANGLIAN CONNECTION, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS; 2)DEVELOPING SELECTED SCRIPTS INTO FULLER PLAYS; 3)PROVIDING AFFORDABLE LOCAL ACCESS TO NEW DRAMA AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN EAST ANGLIA; 4)ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN DRAMA; 5)SUPPORTING THE CUT PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE, HALESWORTH, SUFFOLK, AND OTHER LIKE VENUES IN THEIR ROLE IN BRINGING PERFORMING ARTS TO THE COMMUNITY; AND6)HOLDING AN ANNUAL INK FESTIVAL WEEKEND AND OTHER EVENTS TO PROVIDE A PERFORMANCE PLATFORM FOR NEW THEATRE, FILM, RADIO AND POETRY.

Board analysis for researchers

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

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

2
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 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.

Education 2Finance 2Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£205k latest income
63%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1175770
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Nov 2017 as amended on 17 Aug 2020
Contact on the register
01986 872555 · info@inkfestival.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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