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Registered charity · Essex

Southend-on-SEA Musical Festival Association

Southend-on-SEA Musical Festival Association is a registered charity (number 283503) based in Essex, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Hilary Elizabeth Williams since 2022. Latest income £20k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Southend-on-SEA Festival of Performing Arts (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £20k (2025)
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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
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Southend-on-sea
Website
www.southendfestivalofperformingarts.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1982

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£20k£21k
  • 2024£18k£19k
  • 2023£25k£19k
Earlier years
  • 2022£22k£15k
  • 2021£2k£2k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA, AND DANCE, IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES.

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.

3.5y median 3.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

1
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 9

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 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
2024
2025
incomespending£20k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
283503
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 28 SEP 1981AS AMENDED ON 16 MAY 2023 as amended on 19 May 2026 as amended on 24 Jun 2026
Contact on the register
07855-184810 · gensec@southendfestivalofperformingarts.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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