# THE OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1128820
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 26, 2009
- **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=1128820


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Gravita Oxford LLP, First Floor, Park Central, 40-41 Park End Street, OXFORD
- **Phone:** 0207 381 3637
- **Email:** info@oxfordliteraryfestival.org
- **Website:** http://www.oxfordliteraryfestival.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCEEDUCATION BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION,UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THEPROMOTION AND RUNNING OF A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN OXFORD.

**Activities:** The objective of the charity is to advance education by promoting and providing opportunities for the appreciation, understanding and enjoyment of literature and the arts, in particular through the promotion and running of a literary festival in Oxford.

**Area of benefit:** THROUGH ENGLAND AND WALES, OXFORD.




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £505242 | £539418 | £-373619 | 0 |
| June 30, 2023 | £550294 | £539584 | £-339442 | 2 |
| June 30, 2022 | £420151 | £443297 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £28623 | £84110 | — | — |
| June 30, 2020 | £124386 | £227786 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Jarl Michael Severn** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 14, 2022
- Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton — appointed Dec. 7, 2021
- Ben Okri — appointed Dec. 9, 2020
- Kate Farquhar-Thomson — appointed April 29, 2020
- Louisa Treger — appointed Oct. 24, 2024
- Paul Thomas Richard Simons — appointed April 29, 2020
- Professor Henry Woudhuysen — appointed Oct. 20, 2025
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown — appointed Dec. 7, 2021