# WELLS FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1045654
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 6, 1995
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1045654


## Contact

- **Address:** TREGANTLE, MILTON LANE, WELLS, SOMERSET
- **Postcode:** BA5 2QT
- **Phone:** 01749673525
- **Email:** admin@wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE ARTS GENERALLY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY MEANS OF FESTIVALS OF THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE CITY OF WELLS AND ELSEWHERE IN SUCH MANNER, AT SUCH TIMES, IN SUCH PLACES AND SO OFTEN AS THE BOARD OF THE COMPANY SHALL THINK FIT AND DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS ARE INCIDENTAL OR NECESSARY TO THE ATTAINMENT OF SUCH OBJECTS.

**Activities:** In line with its educational objectives, the company organises the annual Wells Festival of Literature at which leading writers give inspirational, challenging lectures to audiences of all ages and tastes. The Company also funds workshops for young people to interact with inspirational authors. The company is also instrumental in promoting Beanstalk, a national literacy project, in the South West.

**Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE, THE CITY OF WELLS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £97683 | £96520 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £92016 | £89904 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £93177 | £82842 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £77158 | £79818 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £57808 | £71154 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Richard Denley John Manning** (Chair) — appointed June 11, 2014
- Alex Kolombos — appointed Feb. 20, 2017
- Dorothy Wright — appointed Feb. 23, 2018
- Frances Mary Rowe — appointed Feb. 23, 2018
- Hilary Thomasine Cain
- Sian Elizabeth Decamp — appointed Feb. 23, 2018