# THE BRIDPORT LITERARY FESTIVAL LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1147075
- **Other names:** BRIDPORT LITERARY FESTIVAL LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 1, 2012
- **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=1147075


## Contact

- **Address:** 157 Orchard Crescent, BRIDPORT
- **Postcode:** DT6 5HB
- **Phone:** 01308 426491
- **Email:** hello@bridlit.com
- **Website:** www.bridlit.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND RUNNING OF A LITERARY FESTIVAL IN BRIDPORT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO READ FOR PLEASURE AND TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF ANY MATTERS LITERARY, HISTORIC, ARTISTIC, ARCHITECTURAL, AESTHETIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

**Activities:** The Bridport Literary Festival Limited organise an annual Literary Festival in Bridport, Dorset. The Festival runs for one week in November each year.  During that week a series of events take place.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Devon
- Dorset
- Somerset
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £136384 | £136024 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £114949 | £125182 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £115079 | £98703 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £97233 | £87129 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £31532 | £49993 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Stuart Rock** (Chair) — appointed April 1, 2024
- Deirdre Coates — appointed April 1, 2014
- Diana Hall — appointed Feb. 24, 2026
- Helen Irene Carless — appointed Nov. 29, 2022
- Mary Laura Selina Rose Joly — appointed Nov. 29, 2022
- Timothy Clarke — appointed Oct. 16, 2025