GOWER FESTIVAL SOCIETY CIO

Charity number: 1198053
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Festival of music and the arts

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £112,732
Total expenditure: £55,320

People

15 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • City Of Swansea

Governance

Registration history:
  • 24 February 2022: CIO registration
  • 11 December 2023: Funds received from 507603 GOWER FESTIVAL SOCIETY
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • GOWER MUSIC FESTIVAL (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

15 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
EDWINA HART MBE Chair 26 July 2024
None on record
Sarah Margaret HARRIES Trustee 17 January 2025
None on record
Kathleen Sarah LAWLOR Trustee 15 October 2024
None on record
Peter Francis Horry Trustee 15 March 2024
None on record
Janet Mary Wright Trustee 26 May 2023
None on record
Roger Edward Taylor Trustee 17 March 2023
None on record
LAURENCE JEROME CARPANINI Trustee 22 October 2022
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY
Received: On time
BRIAN PETER KOKELAAR Trustee 20 January 2022
None on record
MARTYN SPENCER JENKINS Trustee 20 January 2022
JOHN FUSSELL MEMORIAL TRUST FUND
Received: On time
SWANSEA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS
Received: On time
Hugh Leslie Aldous Dunthorne Trustee 20 January 2022
CRWTH LIMITED
Received: On time
Deborah Catherine Lloyd Trustee 20 January 2022
None on record
Valerie Margaret Beynon Trustee 20 January 2022
None on record
Carl David Holt Johnson Trustee 20 January 2022
None on record
JOHN FRANCIS MAHONEY Trustee 20 January 2022
None on record
William John Anderson Trustee 20 January 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £35.18k £54.39k £112.73k
Total expenditure £39.04k £47.49k £55.32k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants 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
Annual return 31 December 2024 25 September 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 25 September 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 17 September 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 17 September 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 26 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 26 October 2023 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 24 Feb 2022

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLASSICAL MUSIC, BY THE PROVISION OF AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL AND OTHER ASSOCIATED EVENTS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Contact information

Address:
6 Applegrove
Reynoldston
SWANSEA
SA3 1BZ
Phone:
01792390038
Email:
info@gowerfestival.org
Website:

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