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Registered charity · Canterbury

Canterbury Theatre and Festival Trust

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £612k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Kent
Website
www.canterburyfestival.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Canterbury Theatre and Festival Trust
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£612k£740k
  • 2024£697k£692k
  • 2023£623k£650k
Earlier years
  • 2022£454k£485k
  • 2021£448k£460k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC THEREIN;PROVIDED THAT ALL THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE AND THAT THEIR PROMOTION SHALL BE OF PUBLIC BENEFIT

Grants received

1 grant · £9,046 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,046

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,0462008-06-10
Board analysis for researchers

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.

3.3y median 0.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 8Education/training 8

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 3Professional services 3

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£612k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.3 in 2021

6 from 6 in 2023
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
279714
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 FEBRUARY 1980 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 JANUARY 1983, 9 MARCH 1990, 8 JUNE 1994, 27 NOVEMBER 2007 AND 28 APRIL 2008.
Companies House
Company number 01480595 · Active
Contact on the register
01227452853 · info@canterburyfestival.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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