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YORK FESTIVAL TRUST

Company no. 01446643 · PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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YORK FESTIVAL TRUST is an active 47-year-old company, with accounts filed and up to date and no outstanding charges or mortgages registered. No adverse signals found on the public record.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
No outstanding charges or mortgages registered
Established — 47+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years
StatusActive
Company number01446643
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated4 Sep 1979 · 47 yrs
Registered officeBedern Hall, Bedern, York, YO1 7AL
Nature of business90010 - Performing arts · 90020 - Support activities to performing arts · 90030 - Artistic creation
Next accounts due30 Sep 2027
Confirmation statement due14 Jan 2027

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
509405
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
10 Jan 1979
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£43 · year to 31 Dec 2024
Latest expenditure
£931

What YORK FESTIVAL TRUST does

Production of the York Cycle of Mystery Plays in the waggon play tradition using a four yearly cycle. Arranging conferences to increase the knowledge of the mystery plays in this form.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Dec 2024 £43 £931 −£888
31 Dec 2023 £256 £1,008 −£752
31 Dec 2022 £37,530 £36,213 £1,317
31 Dec 2021 £231 £434 −£203
31 Dec 2020 £473 £432 £41

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (10)

ROGER LEEChair
Trustee
ANTHONY DIXON
Trustee · appointed 21 Sep 2022
Alan Russell Gilliott
Trustee · appointed 3 Oct 2017
Angela Millard
Trustee · appointed 18 Sep 2019
Brian Hughes
Trustee · appointed 16 Aug 2017
DAVID RODNEY CLAPHAM
Trustee
Jennifer Ann Bartram
Trustee · appointed 3 Sep 2014
John Latimer
Trustee
Noel Robin Shouksmith
Trustee · appointed 3 Sep 2014
Richard Jason Pready
Trustee · appointed 25 Nov 2024

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Directors & officers

LATIMER, John Adrian Gordon
Secretary · British
BARTRAM, Jennifer Ann
Director · appointed 3 Sep 2014 · British
DIXON, Anthony John
Director · appointed 21 Sep 2022 · British
GILLOTT, Alan Russell
Director · appointed 25 Feb 2026 · British
LATIMER, John Adrian Gordon
Director · British
LEE, Roger
Director · appointed 14 Sep 2001 · British
SHOUKSMITH, Noel Robin
Director · appointed 3 Sep 2014 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

Statement filed — no individual PSC named
Persons with significant control statement
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due30 Sep 2027
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement31 Dec 2025
Next statement due14 Jan 2027
Accounts typeSmall company

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Data from Companies House (official public register), presented by Verivello for information only — not a credit reference or financial advice. Always verify against the official source. Status & registered office checked live from Companies House · 11 Sep 2026, 21:27 UK.