## **Charity Commission** 

## Charity Commission Annual Return 2024 

## **THE TREDEGAR HOUSE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY** 

Charity registration number: 1103628 

**Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2024.** 

## **Financial period** ~~ee~~ 

**Financial period start date** 

01/10/2023 Cn 

**Financial period end date** 

30/09/2024 Cn **Income and spending** ~~ee~~ **Income £** £60,237 Cn 

**Spending £** £62,403 Cn **Number of contracts from government** ~~ee~~ 

**How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?** 

0 

## **Number of grants from government** 

**How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?** 

0 

## **Income breakdown** 

## **Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)** 

£7,000 

## **Charitable activities** 

£0 

## **Other trading activities** 

£0 

## **Investments** 

£0 

## **Other** 

£53,237 

## **Recipients of grants** 

**Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).Individuals** 

£0 

## **Other charities** 

£0 

**Other organisations that are not charities** 

£0 

## **Trustee payments** 

**Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?** 

`⊠` e. None of the trustees have been paid 

**Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return?** 

No 

## **Income from outside the UK** 

**Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?** 

No 

## **Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom** 

**Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?** 

No 

## **Spending outside England & Wales** 

**Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?** 

No 

**Trading subsidiaries** 

**Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?** 

No 

## **Charity contact details correct** 

## **Is the contact address displayed from the Register of Charities, correct?** 

Yes 

## **Charity headquarters details correct** 

## **Is this the same address that you use as your charity's administrative headquarters?** 

Yes 

## **Charity contact address** 

135 BEAUFORT ROAD 

NEWPORT 

NP19 7PB 

## **Charity Headquarters address** 

135 BEAUFORT ROAD 

NEWPORT 

NP19 7PB 

**Property** 

**Were any of your charity's properties held by holding or custodian trustees on behalf of your charity (excluding the Official Custodian) during the financial period for this return?** 

No 

## **Membership type** 

## **Is your charity part of a wider group structure with a parent body and subsidiary bodies?** 

no, the charity is not part of a wider group structure 

## **Employment contract types** 

## **People were permanently employed by your charity** 

0 

## **People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity** 

0 

## **Self-employed people were working for your charity** 

0 

## **Governance policies** 

## **Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures** 

Yes 

## **Safeguarding policy and procedures** 

Yes 

## **Financial reserves policy and procedures** 

Yes 

## **Complaints policy and procedures** 

Yes 

## **Serious incident reporting policy and procedures** 

Yes 

## **Internal risk management policy and procedures** 

Yes 

## **Trustee expenses policy and procedures** 

Not applicable 

## **Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures** 

Yes 

## **Investing charity funds policy and procedures** 

Not applicable 

## **Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures** 

Not applicable 

## **Bullying and harassment policy and procedures** 

Yes 

## **Social media policy and procedures** 

Yes 

## **Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures** 

Not applicable 

## **Serious Incidents** 

**Has your charity reported all Serious Incidents (including any historical incidents) that the charity became aware of during the financial period of this return?** 

There were no incidents to report 

## **External risk and impact** 

## **Donations,** 

Positive 

## **Other income - grants** 

Positive 

## **Other income - contracts** 

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable 

## **Other income - investment** 

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable 

## **Expenditure on charitable activities** 

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable 

## **Expenditure on overheads** 

Positive 

## **Number of volunteers** 

Positive 

## **Number of employees** 

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable 

## **Number of trustees** 

Negative 

## **Fundraising activities** 

Positive 

## **Capacity to deliver services** 

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable 

## **Total service demand** 

Positive 

## **Volunteers** 

**Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?** 

0 

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**Declaration** 

|**Your role at the charity (select one):**|**Your role at the charity (select one):**|
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|`⊠`Trustee||
|**Given names**|SUSAN ANN|
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|**Family name**|OATES|
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|**Telephone**|07909551747|
|**number**||
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|**Email**|susieoates135@hotmail.com|
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|**Date submitted**|24/12/2024|



**It is a criminal offence under section 60 of the Charities Act 2011 for anyone to knowingly or recklessly provide false or misleading information to the commission; this includes suppressing, concealing or destroying documents.** 

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Tredegar House Folk Festival Registeredcharity No. 1103628 


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|Receipts|&|Payments|Account|for|the|year|ended|30|September|2025|
|FINAL|FINAL|
|725|2024|
|Total|Total|
|Funds|Funds|
|£|£|
|Receipts|
|Programme|advertisements|720|765|
|Weekend|tickets|19,182|15,686|
|Friday|Ceilidh|.|200|
|Saturday|Ceilidh|Sas|a5|
|Friday|comcert|1024|1,668|
|Saturday|concerts|1285|1212|
|Sunday|Concert|1360|329|
|Camping|129|B=|[1]]|
|Buckets|67|370|
|Bar|3,580|1,950|
|Fast|food|fee|2.250|3,420|
|Programmes|$14|365|
|Summer|rafite|1,000|756|
|Gift|aid|-|.|
|Business|grants|800|600|
|Lottery|grants|10,000|9,850|
|Support|trom|Ty|Cerdd|1,500|70|
|Donations|1,825|7,762|
|Loans|from|Executive|Committee|members|18,320|7,000|
|Support|from|Welsh|Folk|Dance|Society|1,500|1500|
|Fund|raising|1573|2,367|
|Total|receipts|£|68,248|60,237|
|Payments|
|Advertising|399|1,000|
|Ceilidh|bands|700|700|
|Concert|Artistes|20,403|22,355|
|Sound|engineers|700|700|
|Payments|to|National|Trust|6,600|-|
|Campsite|security|2.590|é|
|Sundries|1,128|474|
|Insurance|1,106|™|
|Hire|of|Marquees|12,794|12,212|
|Hire of|other equipnent|18,214|17,672|
|Programmes|and|other|printing|S73|8|
|Children’s|worker|200|700|
|Hotets|/Caach|hire|/|visiting|dancers|3,442|S259|
|Subscriptions|40|70|
|Equipment|/|depreciation|-|:|
|Total|payments|£|68,589|62,403|
|Excess|of|receapts|over|payments|-|1|-|2,166|
|Balance|sheet|
|Fixed|assets|x|
|hess|depreciation|=|=|
|Cash|at|Bank|153|434|
|Total|assets|é|153|494|
|Unrestricted|funds|
|Total|funds|1st|October|2024|494|2,660|
|Excess|of|receipts|over|payments|.|1|-|2,166|
|Total funds|30|September|2025|£|153|a|

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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ~~Se~~ 

## **Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

Charity Name TREDEGAR HOUSE FOLK FESTIVAL 

**On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages** 

|30 Sept 2025|**Charity no (if**<br>**any)**|
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Trust”) for the year ended **DD / MM / YYYY** . 

accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of  the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed al the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

   - Charities Act; or 

- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or 

   - and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they  do not apply._ 

1 

**Oct 2018** 

**IER** 

|**Signed:**|**Date:**<br>30/12/25<br>~~ee~~|
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|**Name:**|Paul Alan Webster<br>~~OO~~|
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|**Relevant professional**|F.C.A.   The Institute of Chartered Accountants|
|**qualification(s) or body (if any):**||
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|**Address:**|Greenacres<br>~~OO~~|
||Broadstreet Common<br>~~OO~~|
||Newport  NP18 2AZ<br>~~a~~|



Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

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**Oct 2018** 

**IER** 

3 

**Oct 2018** 

**IER** 

