# BUXTON FESTIVAL FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1096269
- **Other names:** BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 27, 2003
- **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=1096269


## Contact

- **Address:** Malvern House, Hartington Road, BUXTON
- **Postcode:** SK17 6JQ
- **Phone:** 07980 660202
- **Email:** treasurer@bffs.world
- **Website:** www.bffs.world



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE  EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS BY:1) ESTABLISHING AND ADMINISTERING AN ENDOWMENT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE AMENITIES FOR BUXTON FESTIVAL AND TO EXTEND THE WORK OF THE BUXTON FESTIVAL2) SUPPORTING THE BUXTON ARTS FESTIVAL LIMITED AND BUXTON FESTIVAL SOCIETY  (BOTH BEING REGISTERED CHARITIES WITH NUMBERS 276957 AND 513970) BY PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT3) DOING ALL THINGS CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS OF BUXTON ARTS FESTIVAL LIMITED AND BUXTON FESTIVAL SOCIETY4) UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE TRUSTS RELATED TO CLAUSE 1 TO 3 ABOVE  AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

**Activities:** As an endowment fund, the Foundation seeks to attract legacies and donations from individuals, grant making trusts and corporate bodies.  It uses the income from the accumulated capital to safeguard the long-term future of the Buxton Arts Festival by the regular provision of grants to support its core funding.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** BUXTON
- Derbyshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **MS KATE REDFORD** | Chair | March 17, 2017 |
| Colin Jan Gregory |  | Feb. 19, 2020 |
| John Edwin Young |  | Feb. 9, 2021 |
| John Raymond - aka Christopher Barron OBE |  | Nov. 28, 2024 |
| Philip Norman Barton |  | Nov. 6, 2016 |




