THE HARWICH FESTIVAL

Charity number: 1171712
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Promote the Arts in Harwich and surrounding area by establishing The Harwich Festival as a regional Arts Hub that provides a diverse range of cultural activities, addressing the needs of all sectors of the community;

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £87,271
Total expenditure: £80,145

Total income includes £20,476 from 4 government grant(s)

People

7 Trustee(s)

25 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 February 2017: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
CE010357 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
PETER JAMES DAVIS Chair 21 February 2017
None on record
Isobel Morath Trustee 14 May 2021
None on record
Dr Sue Taplin Trustee 10 May 2021
None on record
DIANA ELIZABETH JANE BURRELL Trustee 24 October 2017
None on record
Rosie-Roella Kevlin Trustee 24 October 2017
None on record
Kerith Ann Ririe Trustee 24 October 2017
None on record
Dr John Michael Shaw Trustee 21 February 2017
None on record

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 £94.09k £46.80k £75.60k £50.82k £87.27k
Total expenditure £48.24k £44.98k £101.21k £50.57k £80.15k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £66.17k £5.13k £39.90k £24.18k £20.48k

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 30 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 30 October 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 30 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 30 October 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 07 July 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 07 July 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 18 October 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 18 October 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Feb 2017

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS IN HARWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE INCLUDING: • ESTABLISHING THE HARWICH FESTIVAL AS A REGIONAL ARTS HUB THAT PROVIDES A DIVERSE RANGE OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY; • PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANNUAL HARWICH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS IN TERMS OF AUDIENCE GROWTH (OVERALL NUMBERS, AGE AND GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD) AND DIVERSITY OF PROGRAMME AND BUILDING THE FESTIVAL AS A RESOURCE FOR LOCAL ARTS ACTIVITY; • PROMOTING CULTURAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHICH ARE LOCATED IN VENUES THAT ENSURE FULL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY

Contact information

Address:
Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre
Main Road
Dovercourt
CO12 4AJ
Phone:
01255319191
Email:
info@harwichfestival.com
Website:

www.harwichfestival.com Open in new window