ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The objectives of the charity are to advance the education of the public in Essex by promoting literature, reading for pleasure and supporting and developing writers. The objectives are met, primarily, through an annual Essex Book Festival, which offers opportunities for local, national and international authors to discuss their works, writing workshops and competitions for budding authors.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income includes £11,000 from 1 government contract(s) and £9,000 from 3 government grant(s)
People
6 Trustee(s)
27 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Recreation
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Services
- Essex
- Southend-on-sea
- Thurrock
Governance
- 09 September 2011: Standard registration
No other names
- 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
- 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
- Volunteer management
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
6 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| PETER BRIAN DONALDSON | Chair | 23 May 2011 |
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| Folasade Ogunlana-Fadipe | Trustee | 07 November 2022 |
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| Tony Fisher | Trustee | 10 November 2021 |
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| PATRICIA ANN GAUDIN | Trustee | 30 September 2014 |
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| Camilla Shestopal | Trustee | 30 September 2014 |
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| JAMES ANDREW MACDONALD | Trustee | 26 September 2011 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/05/2021 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £78.67k | £44.44k | £95.48k | £129.68k | £110.29k | |
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Total expenditure | £78.59k | £40.14k | £97.96k | £120.76k | £116.59k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | £10.00k | N/A | £11.00k | |
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Income from government grants | £15.00k | £5.00k | £8.50k | £90.09k | £9.00k |
Accounts and annual returns
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 17 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | 17 October 2025 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 10 October 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 10 October 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 11 October 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 11 October 2023 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 19 October 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 19 October 2022 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 May 2021 | 18 December 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 May 2021 | 18 December 2021 | On time |