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The Watford Festival of Music, Speech and Drama

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £47k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th 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
Harrow, Hertfordshire
Website
www.watfordfestival.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1982

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£47k£40k
  • 2024£36k£34k
  • 2023£29k£29k
Earlier years
  • 2022£23k£26k
  • 2021£7k£6k
Charitable objects

(I) TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE, AND ENCOURAGE GENERALLY, AND BY MEANS OF THE COMPETITION FESTIVAL MOVEMENT IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DANCING, ELOCUTION, LITERATURE AND ACTING IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES. (II) TO BE AFFILIATED TO THE BRITISH FEDERATION OF MUSIC FESTIVALS AND TO CARRY OUT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THE OBJECTS OF TE SAID FEDERATION. (III) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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 trustees on the board

5y median 3y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 3Education/training 3

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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£47k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
284994
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20TH JULY 1971 AS AMENDED 25TH SEPTEMBER 1980 as amended on 23 Sep 2018 as amended on 23 Sep 2018 as amended on 27 Sep 2020
Contact on the register
02089526373 · jenniehill@watfordfestival.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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