Registered charity (CIO) · Wiltshire
Calne Wordfest
- 6 trustees
- Income £980 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
- Where
- Wiltshire
- Website
- www.calnewordfest.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£980£3k
- 2024£3k£2k
- 2023£12k£13k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£4k
- 2021£8k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 75%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF THE SPOKEN AND WRITTEN WORD INCLUDING; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL COURSES, SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, CREATIVE EVENTS AND LITERARY ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH A LITERACY FESTIVAL IN THE CALNE COMMUNITY AREA, AND OTHER SUCH ACTIVITIES IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE
Grants received
1 grant · £3,785 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- Helen Joanne O'Gara Chair since 2018
- Councillor Samuel Pearce-Kearney since 2021
- Jennifer Bowley since 2024
- Nicola Heales since 2020
- Ruth Hill since 2018
- Stephen Walters since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Helen Joanne O'Gara Chair since 2018
- Nicola Heales since 2020
- Ruth Hill since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Helen Joanne O'Gara Chair since 2018
- Councillor Samuel Pearce-Kearney since 2021
- Jennifer Bowley since 2024
- Nicola Heales since 2020
- Ruth Hill since 2018
- Stephen Walters since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1179429
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 Aug 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01249813246 · calnewordfest@outlook.com
- 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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