# FREEDOM FESTIVAL ARTS TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1158439
- **Other names:** FREEDOM FESTIVAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 3, 2014
- **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=1158439


## Contact

- **Address:** Suite 9, Bond 31, 42/43 High Street, HULL
- **Phone:** 01482214036
- **Email:** info@freedomfestival.co.uk
- **Website:** www.freedomfestival.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, DRAMA, POETRY READING, SCULPTURE, PAINTING, HANDICRAFTS AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED ARTS; AND TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE SAID ARTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS IN THE CITY OF KINGSTON UPON HULL (?THE CITY?) AND ITS ENVIRONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO EVENTS WHICH CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF THE CITY INCLUDING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY THROUGH THE PIONEERING WORK OF HULL-BORN WILLIAM WILBERFORCE; PROVIDED THAT THE PROMOTION OF SUCH EVENTS IS UNDERTAKEN SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; ANDSUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

**Activities:** To engage and educate the public in the arts, particularly performance, music, drama, poetry reading, sculpture, painting, handicrafts and other arts; and encourage public participation in the arts by the presentation creative activities, exhibitions and festivals in the City of Kingston upon Hull and its environs. The core of this activity centres around the annual Freedom Festival.




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- East Riding Of Yorkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £747468 | £697397 | £50071 | 7 |
| March 31, 2024 | £639430 | £875772 | £54110 | 7 |
| March 31, 2023 | £801459 | £1109475 | £290452 | 7 |
| March 31, 2022 | £915388 | £786546 | £598468 | 6 |
| March 31, 2021 | £617781 | £403619 | £469626 | 5 |



## Trustees

- **Patricia Mary Dalby** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 22, 2019
- Annabelle Baron-Medlam — appointed Dec. 10, 2025
- Charlotte Harrison — appointed Dec. 10, 2025
- Daryl Beeton — appointed Nov. 6, 2025
- Deborah Chidera Arikibe — appointed Dec. 10, 2025
- Jenny Harris — appointed Nov. 3, 2025
- Mark Moore — appointed Feb. 12, 2025
- Oyintare Kagbala — appointed Dec. 10, 2025
- Robert Pritchard — appointed Oct. 4, 2022
- Tom Robert Curteis — appointed Dec. 10, 2025