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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

BERWICK LITERARY FESTIVAL

The Berwick Literary Festival is an annual event held in October of each year, focussing on the presentation of words, written, spoken and performed. It includes events for all ages, a number featuring local talent and authors. The Festival is also engaged in work in schools and care homes.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£33£28£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£16£24£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£14£16£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20?£13£7£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/18£18£13£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/17£16£12£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.berwickliteraryfestival.com

info@berwickliteraryfestival.com

01289302913

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northumberland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Berwick Literary Festival
£1,500 09/03/2023
Work with berwick academy as part of berwick literary festival 2023
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Berwick Literary Festival
£1,000 19/08/2021
General charitable purposes
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the organisation's charitable objects
£1,000 07/01/2021
the organisation's charitable objects

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • DR NOLAN DALRYMPLE Appointed: 2020
  • DR STEPHEN GEORGE PLATTEN (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • HELEN WRIGHT Appointed: 2022
  • LINDSAY JANE DALGLIESH CA Appointed: 2016
  • SARAH LUCY BAXANDALL Appointed: 2022
  • SCOTT SHERRARD Appointed: 2022
  • VALERIE MARGARET BISTRAM Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/08/2016, number: 1168860
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

c/o Berwick Community Trust
56-58 Castlegate
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1JT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION,UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS,IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND RUNNING OF A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN BERWICK-UPON-TWEED AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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