# ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1143727
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 9, 2011
- **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=1143727


## Contact

- **Address:** ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL, 125 HIGH STREET, COLCHESTER, ESSEX
- **Postcode:** CO11SZ
- **Phone:** 01206578584
- **Email:** redlionbooks@hotmail.com
- **Website:** www.essexbookfestival.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ESSEX BY PROMOTING LITERATURE, READING FOR PLEASURE AND SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING WRITERS, INCLUDING YOUNG WRITERS, BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THE ORGANISATION AND RUNNING OF READING AND WRITING RELATED EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE OF INTEREST TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES AND THE RUNNING OF AN ANNUAL BOOK FESTIVAL

**Activities:** The objectives of the charity are to advance the education of the public in Essex by promoting literature, reading for pleasure and supporting and developing writers.The objectives are met, primarily, through an annual Essex Book Festival, which offers opportunities for local, national and international authors to discuss their works, writing workshops and competitions for budding authors.

**Area of benefit:** REGIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex
- Southend-on-sea
- Thurrock



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £110294 | £116587 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £129681 | £120762 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £95483 | £97956 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £44443 | £40142 | — | — |
| May 31, 2021 | £78666 | £78593 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **PETER BRIAN DONALDSON** (Chair) — appointed May 23, 2011
- Camilla Shestopal — appointed Sept. 30, 2014
- Folasade Ogunlana-Fadipe — appointed Nov. 7, 2022
- JAMES ANDREW MACDONALD — appointed Sept. 26, 2011
- PATRICIA ANN GAUDIN — appointed Sept. 30, 2014
- Tony Fisher — appointed Nov. 10, 2021