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HAY Festival Foundation Limited

Support activities to performing arts

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 21

  1. Catherine Mair Gwynant 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Lord Terence Burns 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. John Geraint Davies 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Philippe Joseph Sands 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Dr Jonathan Thomas Godfrey 2022-2024 Director View profile
  6. Nicholas Keith Arthur Jones 2019-2022 Director View profile
  7. Nicholas Keith Gowing 2018-2024 Director View profile
  8. Alice Vivien Sherwood 2016-2020 Director View profile
  9. Lord Maurice Nathan Saatchi 2013-2021 Director View profile
  10. Dylan Jones 2013-2024 Director View profile
  11. Caroline Jane Michel 2009-2025 Director View profile
  12. Elizabeth Nicole Calder 2002-2009 Director View profile
  13. Boycott, Rosel Marie, Secretary 2001-2025 Director View profile
  14. Revel Sarah Guest Albert 2001-2016 Director View profile
  15. Jill Slotover 1998-2001 Director View profile
  16. Edward Victor 1998-2015 Director View profile
  17. William John Gallienne Swainson 1998-2001 Director View profile
  18. Richard Bingham Taylor 1998-2000 Director View profile
  19. Timothy John Stuart Waterstone 1998-2001 Director View profile
  20. Dr Catrin Slater 2016-2021 Secretary View profile
  21. Lyndy Cooke 2001-2016 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Support activities to performing arts
Incorporated
09/01/1998
Also a registered charity
HAY Festival Foundation LTD
Previous names
Festivals of Literature Charitable Trust Limited (until 08/06/2016)

Grants received

1 grant · £500,000 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 Culture, Media & Sport · £500,000

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £500,0002024-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

12 directors on the board

2y median 2.5y
average tenure
2.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (7)

0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Arts and leisure 7Finance 5Business services 3Other services 3Tech and media 3Professional services 2Education 1Manufacturing 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03490480
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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