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The Hastings Book Festival CIC

The Hastings Book Festival CIC is an active UK company (number 14181641), incorporated 2022, with 3 current directors including Timothy Peter Barlow and Pearl Elizabeth Gunvor Aarnes-Olsen. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

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Previous officers 10

  1. Julie Elizabeth Allen 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Chris Matthew Connelley 2025-2026 Director View profile
  3. Helen Elizabeth Drake 2025-2025 Director View profile
  4. Yvonne Patricia O’Connor 2023-2024 Director View profile
  5. Paul Adrian Kant Coomey 2023-2025 Director View profile
  6. Isabel Sargent 2022-2025 Director View profile
  7. Ryan Christopher Smith 2022-2023 Director View profile
  8. Michael James Andrew O'Rourke 2022-2025 Director View profile
  9. Wayne Berkeley Herbert 2022-2025 Director View profile
  10. Kay Samantha Davey 2022-2022 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
20/06/2022

Ownership

Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. The Hastings Book Festival CIC is controlled by Timothy Peter Barlow
    Evidence
    active appoints directors · notified 2026-05-13 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Timothy Peter Barlow.

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£10,255
Total assets
£10,255
Cash
£20,486
Employees
0
Turnover
£21,164
Profit/loss
£1,325

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

3 directors on the board

0.9y median 0.4y
average tenure
1.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

1
also govern a charity

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.

Tech and media 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
14181641
Status
Active
Type
Community Interest Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
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