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The Festival Welfare Services Trust

The Festival Welfare Services Trust is a registered charity (number 277251) based in Surrey, governed by 2 trustees and chaired by Stephanie Markham since 2013. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 11th October 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
Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.festivalwelfareservices.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1979

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024--
  • 2023--
Earlier years
  • 2022£17k£23k
  • 2021£70k£60k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) THE RELIEF OF NEED,HARDSHIP,POVERTY,SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG THOSE WHO SHALL ATTEND MUSIC FESTIVALS CONCERTS AND OTHER SIMILAR GATHERINGS WHETHER INDOORS OR IN THE OPEN AIR AND WHETHER PROMOTED FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN OR NOT.ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN AND RESEARCH INTO MEANS AND METHODS OF RELIEVING SUCH NEED HARDSHIP POVERTY SICKNSS AND DISTRESS AMONG SUCH PERSONS AS AFORESAID.

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.

2 trustees on the board

8.5y median 8.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 2

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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 2 years.
2021
2022
incomespending£17k latest income
49 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
277251
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEED OF TRUST DATED 16TH JANUARY 1979
Contact on the register
07534993373 · admin@festivalwelfareservices.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
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