Registered charity (CIO) · Somerset
Taunton Festival O F the Arts
- 8 trustees
- Income £24k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Heather Jayne HornsbyChair · since 2023
- Alison Wilson Mcrae Porter MBETrustee · since 2021
- Christine Nicola BeattieTrustee · since 2022
- Kate Jane RippinTrustee · since 2024
- Kathryn Ann CresswellTrustee · since 2023
- Laura Jayne SewellTrustee · since 2024
- Naomi Alice PorterTrustee · since 2020
- Rachel Eve SmithTrustee · since 2024
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
- Somerset
- Website
- www.tauntonfestival.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£24k£20k
- 2024£24k£22k
- 2023£20k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£33k£23k
- 2021£2k£1k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CIO'S OBJECT IS TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PERFORMING ARTS GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, MUSIC, DANCE AND SPEECH AND DRAMA. IT SEEKS TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECT BY ORGANISING FESTIVALS, COMPETITIONS AND OTHER OCCASIONAL CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS OR SUCH LIKE EVENTS.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Heather Jayne Hornsby Chair since 2023
- Alison Wilson Mcrae Porter MBE since 2021
- Christine Nicola Beattie since 2022
- Kate Jane Rippin since 2024
- Kathryn Ann Cresswell since 2023
- Laura Jayne Sewell since 2024
- Naomi Alice Porter since 2020
- Rachel Eve Smith since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Heather Jayne Hornsby Chair since 2023
- Alison Wilson Mcrae Porter MBE since 2021
- Christine Nicola Beattie since 2022
- Kate Jane Rippin since 2024
- Laura Jayne Sewell since 2024
- Naomi Alice Porter since 2020
- Rachel Eve Smith since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Kathryn Ann Cresswell since 2023
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.
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
- 1179098
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 06 Jul 2018
- Contact on the register
- 07848850388 · info@tauntonfestival.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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