GREENBELT FESTIVALS

Charity number: 289372
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Greenbelt is an independent Christian charity working to express love, creativity and justice through the arts and contemporary culture in the light of the Christian gospel. Greenbelt holds an annual festival celebrating arts, faith and justice. Donations are distributed through small and medium-size grants to initiatives, inspired by faith, that liberate creativity in the face of injustice.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 May 1984: Standard registration
  • 29 March 2022: Funds received from 1058376 WOOD GREEN MENNONITE CHURCH TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

13 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Samantha Anne Pittam-Smith Chair 25 November 2022
None on record
BENJAMIN HUGH SILVEY Trustee 16 March 2024
ST THOMAS ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY
Received: On time
BRISTOL CHAPLAINCY
Received: On time
Simon John Brown Trustee 10 November 2023
BIG DIFFERENCE COMPANY LIMITED
Received: On time
Louise Dawn Jones Trustee 10 November 2023
None on record
Nicholas George Gretton Trustee 16 July 2022
LOCAL WELCOME CIO
Received: On time
MELTON VINEYARD
Received: On time
Elizabeth Clare Chapman Trustee 06 November 2021
None on record
Katherine Lucy Michelle Roberts Trustee 30 October 2021
None on record
Georgia Latchmore Trustee 13 July 2019
None on record
Rev Molly Georgina Boot Trustee 13 July 2019
THE BRITISH TRUST FOR THE ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED THEOLOGICAL STUDY IN JERUSALEM
Received: On time
ELIZABETH PYNDAR'S CHARITY
Received: On time
Rev David William Tomlinson Trustee 16 March 2019
None on record
Benjamin Rajesh Solanky Trustee 23 March 2018
None on record
GRAHAM MATTHEW WILSON Trustee 09 February 2018
None on record
CHINEMEREM SHARON ONYINYECHI MCDONALD Trustee 15 July 2017
CHRISTIAN AID
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £812.58k £856.66k £2.04m £2.43m £2.49m
Total expenditure £703.38k £729.54k £2.11m £2.39m £2.55m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £43.10k £41.64k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £547.04k £487.40k £656.39k £784.70k £830.10k
Income - Other trading activities £5.01k £12.72k £335.39k £401.34k £398.15k
Income - Charitable activities £26.36k £115.94k £849.63k £1.05m £1.07m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £191.08k £198.94k £203.19k £198.96k £198.95k
Income - Other £43.10k £41.67k £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £5.00k £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £445.90k £569.92k £1.84m £2.05m £2.25m
Expenditure - Raising funds £257.48k £159.62k £276.71k £342.15k £300.06k
Expenditure - Governance £24.31k £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £33.60k £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Own use assets £43.86k £39.77k £34.27k £28.48k £24.03k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £840.55k £966.02k £640.69k £870.69k £591.62k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £600.08k £594.34k £333.63k £515.69k £292.62k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 03 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 03 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 23 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 23 July 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 21 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 21 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 23 March 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 23 March 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 21 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 21 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
THE NEST
CHURCH HOUSE
86 TAVISTOCK PLACE
KINGS CROSS
LONDON
Phone:
02073290039