Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 7

LANCASTER AND DISTRICT FESTIVAL LIMITED

Litfest develops writers, engages readers and audiences, and celebrates literary excellence. We do this through our annual festival and a range of other publishing, development and participatory projects that have positioned the organisation at the heart of Lancashire's cultural and creative activity.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

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 ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24		£101	£111	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23	*	£81	£87	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£74	£75	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	*	£57	£45	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?		£14	£11	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£17	£17	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£74	£68	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	*	£39	£42	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£36	£46	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£47	£54	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£92	£121	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£181	£171	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£148	£144	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£120	£112	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09	*	£186	£175	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£162	£155	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£129	£117	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£109	£93	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£88	£97	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£73	£72	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 44 years

www.litfest.org

thechair@litfest.org

01524 509005

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Cumbria, Lancashire,

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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Lancaster and District Festival Ltd
£10,000	07/12/2022	Litfest 2023 – Facing the Past, Creating the Future

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

EMMA ROSE CRIGHTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Editor

INES GREGORI LABARTA Appointed: 2021

JACOB HOPE Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Librarian

JULIE BELL (Chair) Appointed: 1993, Occupation: Librarian

MEGAN JANE LOUNDS Appointed: 2020

NATALIE SORREL CHARLESWORTH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Student

OLIVIA RUTH EGDELL-PAGE Appointed: 2020

SAUL MAX ARGENT Appointed: 2020

WILLIAM JOHN GALLIENNE SWAINSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Freelance Editor And Literary

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/01/1981, number: 510670
Registered at Companies House on 29/04/1980, number: 01494221

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 27 days late, AR21: 2 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR09: 112 days late, AR07: 30 days late, AR05: 15 days late,

Main office

Lancaster & District Festival Ltd
The Storey
Meeting House Lane
LANCASTER
LA1 1TH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY THE FORMULATION, PREPARATION, ESTABLISHMENT AD PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS, FESITVALS AND PRODUCTIONS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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