Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 9

WANTAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL

The promotion of the arts, 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 Wantage, Oxfordshire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received Government grants
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
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
31/03/23		£33	£17	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/22		£1	£6	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21		£1	£10	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/20		£31	£28	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£41	£30	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
26/03/18?	*	£32	£26	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	*	£26	£19	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

http://www.wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/

WantageLitFest@gmail.com

07515674538

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Oxfordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
9 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BENJAMIN WILLIAM DREYER Appointed: 2015

GEOFFREY STEPHEN WILLIAMS B.SC.HONS Appointed: 2016

HANNAH SPIVEY Appointed: 2022

NICOLA JANE HANNA Appointed: 2023

JENNIFER HANNABY Appointed: 2015, Other trusteeships: KING ALFRED'S EDUCATIONAL CHARITY, WANTAGE INDEPENDENT ADVICE CENTRE,

VALERY ROSE Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: THE CEDAR COMMUNITY CLUB,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/01/2016, number: 1165315

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR18: 21 days late, AR16: 103 days late,

Main office

1 Hamilton Drive
East Challow
WANTAGE
Oxfordshire
OX12 9JX

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS AND 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 WANTAGE AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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