2024-12-31-accounts

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ￿LAND AND WALES Trustees. Annual Report for the period From 1st January 2024 Period start date To 31¥t December 2024 Period end date Charity name: Isk of Wjght Lsterary Festival harity registration number. 116481 Objectrves and Acttviti8s Summary ofthe purposes of | kn 1.17 the thanty as sd OLrt u) ts govemirrfJ The obpcts ofthe 00 a￿. al to pnjmotethe artsforthe pubf be and ift particujartheart of ￿ra￿Te, bythe establi5hmtyrtand maitrt2n2rtte of an annual bl to athar￿the edu¢t)ft ofthÈ pr[)MDti￿ and provpjing opportunths forthe

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Sutnrrw OT the tt0 ar#ivTtie5 in relation to thJ¥e PLWPOSeS forthe pubbc benefi( in partic41, the , Para 1.17¥h The fesrfvk1fea￿red over40 speakers PreSentu￿ sessK•rts on a voriety of tr9l￿fI￿rn fKtKSn. history. arthokw. and oJrrrt ivènt&The W￿￿e rdnge ofsubFcts encourag￿ a ftK)re audientr WIK) arÈ abJetDtake athntsge of exp3nduJgtheir horiztirts ty attefith￿ sessK)n5 thatthey rnEht The tharitygJpport5 a In 2024E de￿red 78 aurhorkd workshops 4rthe course of tsvo da¥5tD YKYhSd￿t klren. Fghteen aUtho￿tork pJrtdelNeYing mLEitipleassernb1￿s ar¥J alrt￿￿ ￿ ￿￿￿[￿h0P Twertytwo sdK)oEs andsixsecondary5chw15 Tts support the hxalwrityjw communty. a ne sec￿￿. Wr¢eon Wehl wasaddedtothe to selltheirbc¥)k& Allthorl ￿horI cal authoysthe oppothn to- Ètdf thelr

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Financial Review Rernv ofthe dwI￿S finanod p05rbon atthe aKI ofthe 3LIZ2024 The Ch3rTtyseoJred ftsnrfs5uJkientto enable rtto its finanoal obftgtion5 until i fitndrai5i forthe nextevent The Charrty aintsto erKt rfsfinancral year I suffiaent rEsÈThes to intbats the ! t￿m￿￿￿rnent of the ft)Ih)wiTr¥yearfs i festNaL ." Cash Reser¥ES at31.12.2024 lry for hobJing res￿e$ slating why IW arè hel Reasrms tr 1x￿l￿g t￿0 I nla Lkt&s offvnd ￿r￿. | l+vh￿ ti[ets3￿Sfvnd the rnaiorrty of the I fE5tivafs COSL thefe5rwal depen{15 on .. donatr)rLSJ spon50￿￿[P andgr4nts to tDverthe ! ecstofthe [￿L You ! The princgpaj s)ut￿ offuThts fmdutfry P￿1￿7 P• 1A6 A dewptrjn of the r￿kst￿on9 the ¢rity

Structure, Governance and Management P&a 125 duding detsiLs of any to or rwTJe of .' Trustees ak) be chosert tecause ot to apwint one or rrKYe Additional inf0m￿tIon {0￿1￿￿[) You P￿ICieS and prec&lures p￿1￿1 stTuc#ure arKI any wider Rektionthp any re*d Reference and Adminlstrative details Ch other the Isk OF ht 116481 NOrtrA￿ Hou¥e Isle ofw P031 8AZ

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinefs report on the accounts Section A Indcpendent Examiner's Repor. I Cts3rity t 1164814 S¢t oul on pages11 ￿ 3 I repc¢, tc Ih8 IfLL4ees ex2Tr.ivtim rfT tr aco>Jnts ofthe above £$￿1tY {IhèTrurnTr. that no rnalptd Matters tt2ve Indepèndent sèb L4a4 In. fn&ial respe trje kt ar wilti the ex2TrAn￿ trj atteTrton drawm Lydwto ¢￿ble a lil any)= j AddRss: :. BRIGHT BROW¥ L1i4rrED. CHAKfERED AccOu￿rA￿l ). EXCVANGE i HOUL ST ￿(o$s LANE. NIFSVPORT. ISL- OF WIGtrtr p030 JBZ ScGtioD B Dts=1os￿re Orly réets ta h¥hksht matters Oi CLYicem (see Cry2. IER

(HARThY CoMM￿s1o Fott FKLAND AND VI Recei tsand ents aGcounts To CC16a Section A Receipts and payments nts fvnd5 A1 Recei S<27r &7D7 t.7 Cwx Sub total1GrtyssirKW￿ tr AR? 1M117 1¥117 saks. b tolal 13(117 1x117 15K6 11707 7m 7m 1.1b7 &114 18.082 b total If¥J &Jbts 117XQ 117380 1&737 9.0521 9.0521 1 752

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period 61 Cash furxls f￿d5 - •4Z• Oetris