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Registered charity · University of Huddersfield

The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Limited

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £574k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
Where
Kirklees
Website
www.hcmf.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Limited
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£574k£572k
  • 2024£551k£638k
  • 2023£583k£622k
Earlier years
  • 2022£471k£457k
  • 2021£381k£255k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING THE ARTS IN GENERAL AND MUSIC, FINE CRAFTS AND ARTS IN PARTICULAR, AND IT IS HEREBY DECLARED THAT NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL BE DEEMED TO AUTHORISE OR PERMIT THE PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY NOR THE INCOME THEREOF NOR ANY PART OF SUCH PROPERTY OR INCOME TO BE APPLIED OR USED FOR ANY OBJECT OR PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT OF AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE.

Grants received

3 grants · £261,073 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £246,073
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £15,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £246,0732017-06-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002014-04-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002005-09-21
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.

6.6y median 8y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 8Economic/community Development/employment 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 13Property 2Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£574k 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.

1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.0 in 2021

5 from 4 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
514614
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 APRIL 1983
Companies House
Company number 01715684 · Active
Contact on the register
01484472900 · info@hcmf.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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