Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -9
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -11 ?

THE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS FESTIVALS LIMITED 

In the Royal Borough of Tunbridge Wells and the towns and villages of the Kent and Sussex Weald: - to provide outreach programmes of music and entertainment for the benefit of the young, old and underprivileged members of the community, and - to provide festivals of the arts and entertainments.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£5£7£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21*£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19*£6£5£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£21£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£13£13£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14?£22£21£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£12£15£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£25£19£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£7£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£21£21£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£15£16£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08*£30£35£-6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£48£42£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06*£25£31£-6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£27£30£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 75-86
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2005, number: 1107743
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/04/2004, number: 05117116
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR21: 7 days late, AR20: 4 days late, AR19: 5 days late, AR08: 10 days late, AR06: 34 days late,
Main office

Cottage Farm
Spode Lane
Cowden
Edenbridge
TN8 7HJ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ARTS IN GENERAL, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MEANS OF FESTIVALS AND WORKSHOPS IN THE BOROUGH OF ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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