The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech

Registered charity 213125 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Malta, Ireland, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Isle Of Man, Jersey

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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.

12 trustees on the board

4.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (6)

12
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 12Education/training 12Economic/community Development/employment 10General Charitable Purposes 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.

Arts and leisure 12Education 4Business services 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£174k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.federationoffestivals.org.uk
Emailinfo@FEDERATIONOFFESTIVALS.ORG.UK
Phone01625 428297
AddressFederation Of Festivals, Festivals House, 198 Park Lane, MACCLESFIELD, Cheshire, SK11 6UD

Finances

£174,493 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£137,038£140,721
2022£126,138£122,138
2023£164,380£169,545
2024£178,749£194,430
2025£174,493£200,228

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

To advance, promote and encourage generally, and by means of the amateur festivals movement in particular, the study and the practice of the arts of music, dance, speech, literature and acting in all their branches.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 NOVEMBER 1921 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3 APRIL 1950, 10 OCTOBER 1959, 28 SEPTEMBER 1990, 19 MAY 1994, 4 OCTOBER 1997 AND 25 SEPTEMBER 1998, 12 OCTOBER 2001. as amended on 16 Mar 2023 as amended on 06 Apr 2004 as amended on 05 Oct 2014 as amended on 26 Oct 2023 as amended on 06 Oct 2023 as amended on 06 Oct 2023

Trustees (12)

12trustees
56median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech · 00177744 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 10/11/1921

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

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