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
- Benjamin Elder since 2022
- Heather Newill since 2024
- Julia Mary Berry since 2024
- Julia Rosalind Sowerbutts since 2018
- Kevin Andrew Murphy since 2024
- Paul John Schlesinger since 2024
- Vincent Warren Franklin since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Julia Rosalind Sowerbutts since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Benjamin Elder since 2022
- Heather Newill since 2024
- Julia Mary Berry since 2024
- Julia Rosalind Sowerbutts since 2018
- Kevin Andrew Murphy since 2024
- Paul John Schlesinger since 2024
- Vincent Warren Franklin since 2024
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.
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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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
- 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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