# HAY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1070073
- **Other names:** FESTIVALS OF LITERATURE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, HAY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION, THE LONDON FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03490480](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03490480)
- **Registered:** June 16, 1998
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1070073


## Contact

- **Address:** Hay Festival, The Drill Hall, 25 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye, HEREFORD
- **Postcode:** HR3 5AD
- **Phone:** 01497 822620
- **Email:** amanda@hayfestival.org
- **Website:** www.hayfestival.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:-(A)   TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION AND LEARNING OF THE PEOPLE OF BOTH THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LITERATURE, POETRY AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING PUBLIC FESTIVALS, SHOWS, READINGS AND FAIRS;(B)   TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN LITERATURE AND POETRY AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD PROVIDED THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH SHALL BE PUBLISHED;(C)   TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE AND POETRY AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE ABOVE) TO AWARD MEDALS AND/OR PRIZES IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT;(D)      TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF BOTH THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THE ART OR SCIENCE OF LITERATURE, POETRY AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IN ALL ITS BRANCHES AND LIKEWISE TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THE IMPROVEMENT OF LITERATURE, POETRY AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

**Activities:** To further the education and learning of both the Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the other countries around the world in the art or science of literature and poetry, in particular by promoting public festivals. shows, readings and fairs in both the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and such other countries as the Board of Trustees may decide from time to time




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** GREAT BRITAIN
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Paul Followell |  | Feb. 1, 2024 |
| Corisande Albert |  | Feb. 1, 2024 |
| Dame Elan Closs Stephens |  | Oct. 26, 2024 |
| Edward Shedd |  | Feb. 1, 2024 |
| Jacqueline Hunt |  | Jan. 1, 2025 |
| Mark Crosbie |  | March 5, 2026 |
| Nicholas Jones Butler |  | Feb. 1, 2024 |
| Philip Bunt |  | Aug. 29, 2025 |
| Professor David Adetayo Olusoga |  | Feb. 1, 2024 |
| Shakia Asha Stewart |  | Feb. 1, 2024 |
| Suhair Fariha Khan |  | Feb. 1, 2024 |
| Victoria Bejarano De la Torre |  | Nov. 1, 2023 |




