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Folk Camps Society Limited

Registered charity 255901 Registered since 1968

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

5
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 3Arts and leisure 2Professional services 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
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2025
incomespending£128k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.folkcamps.co.uk
Emailinfo@folkcamps.co.uk
Phone02081232136
AddressTorview, Lakenham Hill, Northam, BIDEFORD, Devon, EX39 1JH

Finances

£128,467 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£425£14,949
2022£102,700£117,084
2023£131,342£131,716
2024£133,786£133,459
2025£128,467£132,149

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ENGLISH FOLK DANCES AND SONGS AND OTHER FOLK MUSIC, DANCE AND SONG (INCLUDING SINGING GAMES) TO MAKE THEM KNOWN AND TO ENCOURAGE THE PRACTICE OF THEM IN THEIR TRADITIONAL FORMS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM)

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND MAY 1968 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 19 JUNE 2005, 2 DECEMBER 2006, 15 FEBRUARY 2007 AND 22 NOVEMBER 2008 AS AMENDED 16/11/13 as amended on 21 Nov 2020

Trustees (9)

9trustees
53median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Folk Camps Society Limited · 00931434 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 02/05/1968

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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