The Stour Festival Company Limited
Registered charity 238476 Registered since 1965
Operates: Kent
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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
- Christopher Hugh Page since 2020
- David Millington since 2024
- Diane Hume since 2018
- Gilbert John Holbourn since 2015
- Jane Gavina Loudon DL since 1999
- Karen Mitcalfe since 2022
- Paul Anthony Batchelor since 2013
10.1y median 8y
average tenure
27y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Hugh Page since 2020
- Diane Hume since 2018
- Gilbert John Holbourn since 2015
- Jane Gavina Loudon DL since 1999
- Paul Anthony Batchelor since 2013
20y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Gilbert John Holbourn since 2015
- Jane Gavina Loudon DL since 1999
- Paul Anthony Batchelor since 2013
Portfolio (4)
- Christopher Hugh Page since 2020
- David Millington since 2024
- Diane Hume since 2018
- Karen Mitcalfe since 2022
7
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 7Education/training 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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 8Health and social care 4Professional services 4
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£198k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
- The ST. Endellion Festivals Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mary's Frittenden 1 shared trustee
- The Weald of Kent Protection Society 1 shared trustee
- Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Petersfield Youth Theatre Similar size; both Arts and culture
- Makebelieve Arts Similar size; both Arts and culture
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.stourmusic.org.uk |
| companysecretary@stourmusic.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01233 630000 |
| Address | Henwood House, Henwood, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DH |
Finances
£197,581 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £138,437 | £116,542 |
| 2022 | £141,113 | £147,163 |
| 2023 | £192,167 | £186,905 |
| 2024 | £210,763 | £195,079 |
| 2025 | £197,581 | £197,015 |
What it does
What
Arts/culture/heritage/scienceWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Other Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF AESTHETIC EDUCATION AND THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC TASTE IN MUSIC, OPERA, PLAYS, DRAMA AND OTHER ARTS.
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9TH SEPTEMBER 1964 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16TH JUNE 1965
Trustees (7)
7trustees
74median age
4aged 70+
- Christopher Hugh Pageage band 70-74 since 2020
- David Millingtonage band 65-69 since 2024
- Diane Humeage band 60-64 since 2018
- Gilbert John Holbournage band 80-84 since 2015
- Jane Gavina Loudon DLage band 75-79 since 1999
- Karen Mitcalfeage band 65-69 since 2022
- Paul Anthony Batchelorage band 80-84 since 2013
Linked company (Companies House)
Stour Festival Company Limited(the) · 00818973 · Active
Private Limited Company · incorporated 09/09/1964
Connected charities (5)
- Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent 1 shared trustee
- The Weald of Kent Protection Society 1 shared trustee
- The ST. Endellion Festivals Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mary's Frittenden 1 shared trustee
- The Charity of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators 1 shared trustee
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