# BEDFORDSHIRE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1064081
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 22, 1997
- **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=1064081


## Contact

- **Address:** 76 Willington Road, Cople, BEDFORD
- **Postcode:** MK44 3TN
- **Phone:** 07824829097
- **Email:** festival@bedfordshirefestival.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bedfordshirefestival.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF MUSIC, SPEECH AND DRAMA, AND DANCE, IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES.

**Activities:** The objects of the Charity shall be to advance and encourage the study and practice of the  the Arts of Music, Speech and Drama.The Charity:1. promotes an annual Festival2. has affiliated to the British & International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance & Speech.

**Area of benefit:** BEDFORDSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bedford
- Central Bedfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £51482 | £45135 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £44926 | £44022 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £41383 | £42644 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £37726 | £42732 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £15392 | £13611 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Lucinda Alice Camilla Copeman** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 21, 2022
- Councillor Henry Vann — appointed Jan. 30, 2012
- Irina Ermakova — appointed July 4, 2024
- Lucy Joane Eggleton — appointed July 4, 2024
- MANOJ GUPTA — appointed July 6, 2023
- Neil Andrew Fraser Morgan — appointed Jan. 6, 2025
- Olivia Cooper — appointed Oct. 21, 2021
- Peter Blunt — appointed July 10, 2025
- ROBERT TRUNCHION
- Sally Ann Merryweather — appointed July 5, 2018
- TIM GRANT-JONES
- WILLIAM IVOR BURTON — appointed June 30, 2016