CAMBRIDGE LITERARY FESTIVAL
Charity number: 1153944
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The objects of the Company are the advancement of education for the benefit of the public by the promotion of literature, language and the arts in particular through a literary festival in Cambridge, and such other activities as the members of the Management Committee shall from time to time determine.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024
Total income: £454,687
Total expenditure: £405,159
People
8 Trustee(s)
41 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
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| £60k to £70k | 1 |
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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Recreation
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
- Cambridgeshire
Governance
Registration history:
- 25 September 2013: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- CAMBRIDGE WORDFEST (Working name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting 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
8 Trustee(s)
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| William Alexander Bowes | Chair | 18 June 2024 |
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| Timothy James Harvey-Samuel | Trustee | 24 February 2025 |
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| Renee Etienne | Trustee | 18 June 2024 |
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| Katherine Elizabeth Kirk | Trustee | 27 February 2024 |
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| Eleanor Birne | Trustee | 24 March 2022 |
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| KAREN DUFFY | Trustee | 18 October 2017 |
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| JULIA COLLINS | Trustee | 20 July 2016 |
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| MS Sian Reid | Trustee | 10 June 2014 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 30/06/2020 | 30/06/2021 | 30/06/2022 | 30/06/2023 | 30/06/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £308.36k | £238.79k | £255.33k | £415.95k | £454.69k | |
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Total expenditure | £256.96k | £255.22k | £259.57k | £374.64k | £405.16k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £50.00k | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 |
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| Annual return | 30 June 2024 | 14 March 2025 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2024 | 14 March 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 June 2023 | 26 April 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2023 | 26 April 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 June 2022 | 10 May 2023 | 10 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2022 | 10 May 2023 | 10 days late | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 June 2021 | 12 April 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2021 | 12 April 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 June 2020 | 08 June 2021 | 39 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2020 | 08 June 2021 | 39 days late | Download Open in new window |