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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

GUILDFORD BOOK FESTIVAL

Organisation and running of an annual book festival in Guildford, Surrey
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/12/23£59£50£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£63£78£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£68£66£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£45£57£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£90£86£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£93£94£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£97£88£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£87£87£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£101£73£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

guildfordbookfestival.co.uk

director@guildfordbookfestival.co.uk

07484 286473

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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 for Surrey - Guildford book Festival
£1,500 12/02/2021
Contribution to the costs of Guildford Book Festival.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-72
  • ANDREW WHITBY-COLLINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • CHARMIAN JANE PURNELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • CHRISTOPHER WADE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • GORDON JACKSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Councillor
  • MICHAEL JOHN HACON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • NIKKI KATRIN NELSON-SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Economist
  • PATRICIA GRAYBURN MBE DL Appointed: 2017
  • WILLIAM ROBERT SALMON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Publishing
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/10/2014, number: 1158746
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/04/2014, number: 08971550
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

2 Hindmoor Manor
Hindhead Road
HINDHEAD
Surrey
GU26 6AX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ANDPROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING ANDENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BY OPERATING ANANNUAL LITERARY FESTIVAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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