The Beamil￿r Festival and The FrleBdg of The BeamiDJter Fejtival
(&ehtrktsble In￿ra￿d Or8￿'S￿'th (CIO) with d￿ClArity Commmsitin Dumber 1164346)
Annua] Rep1 knd Fin*n¢iAI statements
ftyth¢ Y¢4r Eryjed 31 tyecember 2023

The Be#mE•ster Ftstivjl imd The PrY•¢b ofTb¢ Be**I￿r Festival
Comte•ts
2to4
stst¢mertofFin8ncial A¢tiviti¢s
Balance Sheet

The Be*mimster F¢sliv*l *•d Tbt Fylejth ofTkt Ftslival
Referemce amd Admirnts¢r4tive Drtads
Trusttts
SylviaBan(lini
Pder Brook
Philip Crawford (a)airnian}
Hugh L]TKtsay (died 18m8r2023)
Bri*] Rkdl¢y
Murrny Rosc
Michael Ryan
Pr1D¢￿I trwtet
Philip Cmrford (Thairrn&)
Ch8lrof Fesllv*l Commlttee
Chair •f Frl¢4ds
Cb*rlty regtst¢r¢d
1164346
Prtselpal offi¢¢
6 Fle4 Sire4t
tA)rn¢¢
DT83DR
Bankerj
HSBC
I?E￿Stre
Bridp
tkTrrset
DT6 3JZ
HoDordry &)Iltltor
Kitson & Trotman
The Champions
Beamin￿¢1
Dots¢¢
DTr3AN
Independent Emtylxr
MT R Hudspith
S HuT5t
BeaminAer
DORSET
DT8 3ES

TrW¢es' Rewjrt
The fin8Trcial 5t4t¢W￿ have been pryrtyl tn xcordance with Accourittn8 and Reportithg by CharitLes' St*ment
of Recommended Pr￿¢¢ appli￿41t to elt8rrt￿ wepgring thetr attothits tn wcordw with thc Find￿181 Re￿rtIn8
Startd8rd 8ppILc8ble in th¢ UK Rwbli¢ of Ireland issutyj m Ocknbcr 2019 (Charty SORP (FRS J021). the
Financ￿] Repxw St•thrd 4p11￿ble Untted Kir￿d0￿ *ld Rq)ubhc of Ir¢l•thd IFRS 102). th¢ ChaTiiie5
Aet 201 UK GtncTrlty A¢¢¢ptyJ ACC￿￿1￿8 Pr8Ctic¢.
Obj¢¢tfveJ aod atlivits
Poli¢i4g omd objedi
Its pnncipal obJ¢aive is to adv8fte¢ th* ¢duc8tson of ￿ pubhc in the in the town and disknet of Beamimster.
In sett]ng obj£ctiv¢s aThl planning for activiti* Tntsrees have gtven due consideNioD to gencrnl guidan¢¢
publislw1 by the Chanty Commission Tel&W ty public betyefi4 includlng the guidance 'Publi¢ kn￿fil". rnnnin8 a
charity {PB2y.
Aeiivitiu toachIe￿ nbjedi
Tht Festry81 Iteld during Jun¢lJyty 21Y23. A fu17 of ev(•ts w&8 hebd with a corrtinu¢d policy of ￿gagIn8
quality artysts. There were thirt¢eft musical events 8nd fow lila8ry talks ID St Mwy's Church. We held a play in th¢ Manor
G8Tdens. an ¢xhibitI￿ ollrxal Craft skilly in the Towft Hall and a c￿Munity event for th¢ %Diots I"Songs and Scones")
in the H￿1.
wos a 8T¢¥ deal of educat￿￿ rLh'vity with tM)th the Prllnary who h*1 musicikns visiiing and
dem¢)nstraling rnusical rttsrruM￿ts, and the Sen1￿ Sch￿1 wlK• held thu"r ¢)wn conc¢n m the church wrth a d¢monJtrntion
from a wsrting professional plan￿ In ￿dIti(￿ som¢ lotal sthools have held mini ¢oncuts befort the morning concerts
and the students hove been e￿our￿89j to stry for the following cmc¢rt¥ knd ask quemon5 to the perfomubg artwt3.
There Iws be￿ an the theme of do if yetr. exp18ming ImT ￿￿E of owmaTvelous artists
xtarttd end th¢ rwult&a in their ￿¢¢￿. Thlswu Alx) ¢xh*rtal & the skilts and tsIe￿ exbibrt￿D.
The Friendsof The £t￿lMS1Cr F¢Sts￿l held two independ￿1 Con￿ dwiti8 theye4rwhi¢h w part of tha"r fund
rnising actsviti¢s.
The TD]stvA would like to t&k¢ this opportunty to pfiy tributc to th¢ Festival's dedi(*d te8rn of volunteers. There
A¢hkvemtkts **d Perfornilnte
TIK programmew& very well by our All the C￿ts wert well sEppOrt￿ wrth one Selling wrek
Th¢ continMI use of mi¢met tiCk¢t￿lIM8 ha5 vay w¢ce&8fv1 wrth mOT¢pwk ￿ing attr*xed fiwi furtheraway and

Beami•ster Festlv•l The Frit]Mts ofTh¢Be*•h#¢r F¢stiv*l Truttej, Report
FiniThciol &ttbility
The Tntyt¢¢s are coDfidert the BeeTnir&er FasiTval is Tn 8 slabk financial pcsition. MaiTttainin8 & sub5tEnti81
reserve in css¢ of¢ri5i5 kn alway5 be￿ a p)ticy ofthe TTu%ie
FA8•nei*l revle
Going cont¢r
After m8kin8 opwopn*e enquirie4 the trwtees have a.reasoTrable eXp¢a*0￿ tht kn.ty hag adequate r¢source
to cortinue in opts#(ion81 cxistence for the fores¢&l¢ For this reasw they corfinue ￿ thpt the 80in8
cot)¢ern blsrs PTEpgfin8 the fir￿¢111 st8tcmcnts.
Ruerm policy
An adequ* level of res¢rvts foT the Festiv81 is con$id¢red by the Trustees to be UO.W Thi5 is neede41 to ¢oThtr8¢t
800d qualty arti4& ￿ mttt ¢xher e55erti21 costs before th¢ FeAiV81 btyns tcsdh¢r wrth a COThin8ency Al December
31° 2023 ihe lovel of rw¢r¥¢s forth¢ Festml stOL*I ot£XXXXX thllt 18 in litit with the desir¢d level.
Prlnclp71 rI￿47nd uneertainli
Const$*nt with many thher Art attd Music FE5Lr￿ we • ￿de of &*￿1&1%¢$. The bigge51 of these 1$ the
unforew? and UTmT(Md8ble cancellatKm of a ftSt1%￿ wh¢Te the ¢osts and (snc¢llth'LM ¢h&rgeJ are incurr&A without
any correspondin8 inc(¥n¢. Th75 ha4 now been dernO￿t￿ IM)th in thisye4r 202Q aThJ subsequently in 2021 when
we hod to cwKel the Festival.
In addltion. the F&ttrval isd¢pthMknt ontheWth￿ wport of¢Mr¢bJnors and $ponsorn and the dedicated
Str¥durs gov•r••m¢e *Rd
The Beaminster Festival End The Fneuds ofTh¢ Bewninster Festival (The BeAMiN￿tr F¢5tival) 15 a charrtable inco￿Or￿ted
or8aFITS#tiOlb (CIO) thBt was It￿¢Ted wrtb the awrty C¢xrffni&8lon on I ￿ November ?015.
Its rrystered numb¢r 1$ 1164346.
MeihodtofappoinimÉni or¢1￿10￿ ofTrxfieE
contribute toward$ ihr ¥hitvement of the Festiv21's0bie£ti￿. They ITE for a terni ofihm yeaf5 and m8y
b¢ re4le¢ted at 8n annu81 me¢ts1￿.

The Be4m0￿*tr Festh?l #ad Th¢ Frlewdj of The Be•minJter F¢stii"•l
Trwgtrts, r¢spDNsibiliti¢s io to the fmAei•l $l•lemt•
Thetrtsstees Ire ￿spor01blt forprep￿nS theTn*s' Annual Re[￿18[￿￿¢ fill￿¢￿1 sWtm¢nts in x¢or48nee with
8pplie2bk Jaw xnd Lnited Kingdom Accourring STandtrts(lJttiied Kin8dthTk C*neralli Accwed Acc￿ntIn8 Pra¢ttc¢}
lThe lam" applKd>le ts) chantses En EryilaThl & W'ak5 r(4U1￿5 the tru*ecs kn prpjre financial 5tatcmtm% for each
rirt#nci￿ sear uhich and fail iiJi' of the ofaffairs of ch2nty aThl ofthe IiKoming r¢wurce8 and
application of ttsOur￿. of ik Chan￿ for ￿rI
In preparins these fintheiaj rAtemenik ihe tru5ke4 required
l¢ci suithNe Kcwnting polKie$ 8frtl then applTr them consigently.
observe the m¢thods principles in the Ch8rilie$ SORP 2019 IFRS 702).
mak'e Judgemerts and e￿I￿aleS Ére reason￿ prtxlthit
51ate whether applicable accoun*n8 StaNl8rds have been follo*ed. subjeci w My matenal de￿11￿1¢$
di8cloYd afjd explai￿d ir> the s¢aiements.
pryre ihe finafic￿l ttaremMts wnB CO￿eM ba51s untess h ￿ inJrorW￿e 10 pte5WTt¢ that thc
chanty. Mill conlinue In operrtion.
The mtstte.8 are Ye¥on*ble for keepifis K¥(BY rttords reds￿8bk xcurncy fil any Tbme
the financial positt(￿ nf the ch&rit)' and cnahle Ihtsn inensurE th￿ the finffti1e￿j $N￿Ments compl>. w'ith ihc ChanEies
A¢t 2n1 I, the C.IMn"ti¢s IAuounu ar41 RewAtsI 2(￿￿ the prwistons of ihe t￿￿1 d¢d. 'fhcw aTe 41.qo
T¢sponslblt for safegwding the r*f iht ¢hariiy aThl I￿￿e for lakry ￿¥(b￿ble slqys for the preven11￿} and
deieclion of fraud aTrJ niher iTregulaiiries
Tk. MmL4 of ihe tru5t{K￿ lh2 charTL) 5 I￿,￿01S are on pw l.
Approved bv order tsfthe members of the Imwd of Tnts*e4. oft I'ff. J:i...I•tMI $18ned tbtlr bewf try.
Phil￿ AV Cravrtord
Clfw
Chatman of thc thustees

InthpeDdent Exauunerfs report th the I￿￿etS of The Beamlnstrr Ftsiival and
The ￿lendS of The BearnI￿ Feslival
Basis of report
I have examined the acrounts Presell￿ to rne for the year endthg 31" Decen]ber 2023 usin8 the
applioble secuons of the Q>mmityon's Trcoll￿￿ded Check￿￿ (CC32a).
I have been assured thai the trustees havt prcthcal these accounts in aLwrdance wllh the offlcial
prO￿lS rwifred of charitable oryaWs￿Ons such as thi's.
Statement
Frotn my examinatlon of the comprehen&ve Ytconts aDd explan￿lOn5 thereof. in my
opinion no ma￿rIal matters Ih9ve been ithnofied which would leal me to belk'eve that la) Tecords
were not kept correaly, Ib) the accouffjs are ￿ In accordanct with these records.
R. P. Hu¢tspiih
S Hurst
Beammster
Dorset
DTh 3ES

2022
Totsl
Operatlng acll¥ltles:
Fest￿814¢1￿1￿eS
Frlends aCtM￿e$
lrtvestmentlncome
Total Incom•
+16471
46471
519S
163
n4
16
6245
78927
52793
Expondliur••yr.
ChaFlt8ble oxpondlture..
FestNal actmlies
Fflends athiti8s
Management8nd admln1sifa￿0n
T￿11*Xpe￿Illurn
.74100
-741CKI
41500
41500
4239
-797
-6239 48536
-1195
-1195
-797
41797 42297
Net movementlnlunds
-1144
-28n -15749
.15743
Totsifvnds brouorttorwanl
Totslfundscarrled fopward
50411 12454 6286s 661eo 12448 78808
11310
59995 $0411 12454 62865
17
Ail ofthe chaws acii¥llle5dert¥efromcorrtlnuts4opuatkmdurlr4thealxM two perf¢¥ts.
The lund5 breakdovmfor20ZI Isstv•nin nrAe 17.
vailali(￿ ol+l-£l kn agyegates are￿￿tOr0￿￿1iW.

The Bejmlnstw Fesll¥al•nd Frlmd$ ot8¢Jrnln#eT Fe5thYg1
8alanE• Sh•e18s*31st O•cemborXQ3
2022
Tol•l F¢¥tr4•1 F￿Qnd*
Fe511val F￿endI
FlxedAss¢ts
Tanoble Flx8dAssets
14
CurreritAMets
Debtors
Cbsh at8ank and In Hand
15
5374
791
10519
8165
55005
61170
1738
53621
$53Sg
12217
12915
65838
68274
Credltors
18
-1174
-1174
.5256
717
NettCuN•nl Au•ts
11310
50103
12454 62557
NettAsietti
I￿10
59396 50411 12454 62865
Fundsolth• charlty
Unre5triciert lunds
11310
SW $0411 ￿454 62865
Totalfundi
17
11310
50411
12454 62865
The flnanc
al staten7ents weve approved tythe tru#ees.and authofised foilssue on
I ! ' .IL¥. . 8nO slgned on theli beh8lf ty..
MrPCr￿Ord
ChaiTrnan ol the Trusiees

Notesto RThanclalStatementsfoTthè Year Ended 31 Decenthi2023
l Generallnlommllon
The Beaminstsr FestivalAnOThe Friends OlThe BeamlnsterFestival l The BeamlnsterFe*ivall is a
charltable incory￿rated O[gan￿at10n ICIOlthatt*rds IEgistedwrth the Chafity Commissioll on 10th
Nfftmber2015. ￿ reostered number is 1164346.
2 A¢counllTrgpoUcles
GolniCoTrcern
The twstees conslderthatthereare no matsrfal unCertaIn￿eS aboutthe CIO'S ablutyto ¢onts'nue as
a golngconcem.
lftcome ond endowmnts
Incomlng resources and resoUrcesexpen￿j on acti¥Stes in lurY)eranceofthe chantys objecti￿$.
reportthe income rel*"n8to thefestlvalthat has been fjganlsed Iniheyear.
Expendltufe
enditure15 ciassffled by a¢tMty
Governance eosts
These include the costs attrfbutsNeiothe charws cOm￿nce￿Ith consiiiuilonal and ststutsry
requirements Includlngaulrt.
Tangible Ilxed assets
Tan¥bLefixe(1 assels are stated as hlstoric&co#tsss accumulated depreciaiion.
Depre¢l•iion
Depre¢iatlon Is charged so asto aUoc*e thecost ofassets lesstheir ￿lI￿al¥alUe (Plprthelr
estlmated useful li￿. uslngthe straw Une method.
Equlpment
25% per annum
Debtofs
Shorttefm debtors ale measured attr8r￿aCtltin price. Prepaymentsarevaiued atthe amount
prepald.
Cash is represented by cash in hand.

The BeamlnsterFesii¥aandTbe Frltnds olTh¢ Beamlnst¢r Fesllval
Notesto FIMnclalSl*ern8ntsforlheYear Ended 31December 2023
Liabliitse5 are recognisefj wfftenthere ts an oirtI￿on *the Balancesheet date as a result ota past
event and ale recognised *the amountthe charityanti¢ipiates itwiu payto settlethe debt orthe
amourt ithas recerod as advanced p￿en￿lO￿the sep4ices it mustpTo¥ide.
Fund struethre
Generalfunds are ufiresmctedfunds¥thlch arewdlLitJiefortt* use atthe dtscretlon oftheTrustees
Infvrthefaft¢e 01thege￿raI obJ8Ctl¥esofthe charlty.
Investment Income
Interest income Ss reCo￿lSe(l In Income.

The 8eamlnster Fe511¥aland Frfends Ot Beamlnstèr Fesiival
Nolesto FlnanctslSY•tMwtsforthe YearEnd4d 31 December2023
Unyestrlcted
nds
General
Total
2023
Totsl
2022
cket sales
Cholr
Donatlons for wffeshments
DOna￿on5 & sponsortship
Donatlons from pubuc bodles
Donatlons from Friends of Beamlnster Festtwdl
HM Revenue & Customs tsxrepaymeftt
Wine sales
MlscÈUaneous receipts
29906
873
24
12497
iooo
565
4000
3231
1506
714
1213
852
106
1506
714
73569 73569
46471
4 Incomeand Endomnentslrom: Frfend$ acll¥ldes
Subscrlpilons
Event Income
Glft aid
4095
1658
476
6229
1349
5195
5195
Other recelpts
Interest
163
163
16
5358
6245
S In%*stmenl Income
877
8ri

The Beamlnster Festlvaiand Friends ol Beamin￿eT Festi¥8l
Notesto the Flnanclalstatementsfortheyear Ende(131 December 2023
Unreslrfcted
Totsl
Totsl
2022
6 Charltsble expendilure:Fesll¥#lPLtl¥ftles
Gener¥1
Concertartists
HI￿olVe￿￿eS
Hlre ol equipment
PRS
Insurance
Schooltransport
Wlne
Stage UgiThng
Sponsor5 event
Research
26101
5832
26101
5832
780
1007
527
500
537
7735
925
451
18046
970
1007
527
500
537
35
925
451
853
380
6088
1654
1525
OCNJ
Artls*c dlrector
15000
k111
ricket commisslon
Piano hire. transport &tuning
Advertising & promoll.on
Brochure & webslte
Photocopyln& prlntlng& siatlonery
Caterfng
Depre¢l8tlon
In(Jependeniexamlnatlon
Miscellaneous
2158
1717
1660
2528
3138
2457
2528
3138
2457
3020
3076
583
308
308
308
924
924
126
618
61500
74100
74100
7 Ch•riiable wpgndltyre:FTlondsAcll¥ftl
Eventcosts
Sponsoiship otBeamlnsterFesl*
Advertlslng& pmmot.on
Pianoknning
Catering
Photocopyi￿ prlnttng& statsonery
Miscellaneous
1437
4300
1437
4300
1527
20
20
50
410
127
85
523
62
523
75
75
6502
6239

Ihe Beamlnstef Fesllvaland Frlends of aeamlnster Fesdvai
Unrestfkled
Dds
General
Totsl
2022
8 Charllabie expendltyr•: manageme￿ and admlnlstratlon
Adminlstratlon and marketlng assIstsr￿e
Clfficelbox offlce accomodatfion &se￿iceS
TelephonelcommuniCa￿"OnS
Subscrlptions
Bankcharyes
135
536
100
74
100
74
loo
77
797
1195
1195
9 Govefnance costs
Independent examlnaoon
924
924
126
126
924
10 Trustees rnmuneratlon and expetts¢s
No Irustees. noranypersons connectsd thllhthem. hab* received anyrernuneratlon fiom the
¢harftydunngtheyeaf.
Notwstses ts¥e recelbEd anyreimbursed expenseslromthe ¢haFTtyduringtheyear.
In accordancewlththec0nstll￿0ft, Irusiees Indemnltylnsurance has been aryanged.
11 siaff Costs
No employee rece￿ emolumentsofmote than £60.1￿) durlngthe)ear.
The artlstlc DlrectorTece6￿ a paymentot£15.00012022£110001.

Nolestothe FAna•clalStalen*ntsfortheYear Ended 31 Deeembof 2023
Jlrf
12 Indep¢ndeirt eX￿Ine￿$ remuner•llM
Examlnatlon otthefinancialstatements
924
126
Included in g0vemar￿e costs
13 Taxatlo
The chafrty Is a r*stsred chafityand Istherelore exemm from tsxatson.
14 TanOlllellx8d assets
Equlpment
Totsl
At l January2023
A(JiJttions
Dlsposais
At 31 ￿emI￿r2023
3S38
3538
3538
Deprecl•don
At ljanuary 2023
Charge lorthe year
Ellmlnatlon on dlsposal
At31 December2023
3230
308
3538
Net amount
At 31 December2023
At31 De¢embeT 2022
308
15 Debtors
Debtors
PlepaYn￿
4774
600
5374
1936
500
2436

c￿dItorS
Dewjslts held in adnrte
Accwais
10
1174
1174
1074
5717
17 Funds
Balance at Incomlng Resouf¢es Balance at
01.Jan.23 resource5 expended 3111212023
Unrestrfcted funds
Festty81
Friends
50411
454
.75295
4502
1797
11310
Balan￿ at Incom5ng Resources 8ai8n¢e at
0110112022 resources expended 3111212022
Unfestrfcted lunU$
Festl¥81
Frlends
661￿ 46548 42297
8245 *239
52793 48536
$0411
62865
18 An8tystsola3¥etsbetrthnlunds
lJnresll¢¢•dfvnds
Festl¥al F￿t￿d5
yotal
FIKed assets
CutTent assets
CLsrrentllabilits"e5
11310
61170
-1174
-1174
11310
19 Flnanclalln5tunnents
FIna￿laLasSels thatare lebts MistDJmentsmea5uredat alTh)rt￿ cost
FinanCialllakn'lit￿ ff￿3￿red atamorti5edcost
55005
1174
65838
5717