# ISLE OF WIGHT LITERARY FESTIVAL

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1164814
- **Other names:** IWLF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 11, 2015
- **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=1164814


## Contact

- **Address:** VILLA ROTHSAY HOTEL, 29 BARING ROAD, COWES
- **Postcode:** PO31 8DF
- **Phone:** 01983295178
- **Email:** SECRETARY@ISLEOFWIGHTLITERARYFESTIVAL.COM
- **Website:** www.isleofwightliteraryfestival.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:A) TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF LITERATURE, BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE.

**Activities:** The Charity runs the Isle of Wight Literary Festival providing the following benefits :-The opportunity at reasonable cost, for the Island public to enjoy a local literary experience with well known, new and local authors who deliver presentations based on their books and experiences. It also runs a programme to encourage greater participation in the written word amongst schools on the Island.

**Area of benefit:** LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Isle Of Wight



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £134117 | £117380 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £94347 | £90564 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £78368 | £90518 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £24302 | £18164 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £10061 | £21456 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **MARGARET EDWINA ANKERS** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 28, 2015
- Gioia Minghella-Giddens — appointed Nov. 15, 2023
- Graham Barnetson — appointed Nov. 15, 2023
- JANET LEE ALLAN — appointed Nov. 28, 2015
- Julia Dams — appointed Oct. 3, 2018
- ROBIN VANDELEUR COURAGE MBE — appointed Feb. 2, 2016
- VICTORIA MARY GUESDON ORR-EWING — appointed Nov. 28, 2015
- Vanessa Elizabeth Hounsfield — appointed Oct. 3, 2019