# INK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1175770
- **Other names:** INK ( FROM PEN TO PERFORMANCE)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 16, 2017
- **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=1175770


## Contact

- **Address:** INK, Unit 10, The Cut Ars Centre, 8 New Cut, Halesworth
- **Postcode:** IP19 8BY
- **Phone:** 01986 872555
- **Email:** info@inkfestival.org
- **Website:** inkfestival.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:-1)ENCOURAGING AND NURTURING THE WRITING OF NEW SHORT SCRIPTS FOR STAGE, RADIO AND FILM BY EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED WRITERS OF ALL AGES WITH AN EAST ANGLIAN CONNECTION, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS; 2)DEVELOPING SELECTED SCRIPTS INTO FULLER PLAYS; 3)PROVIDING AFFORDABLE LOCAL ACCESS TO NEW DRAMA AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS IN EAST ANGLIA; 4)ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN DRAMA; 5)SUPPORTING THE CUT PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE, HALESWORTH, SUFFOLK, AND OTHER LIKE VENUES IN THEIR ROLE IN BRINGING PERFORMING ARTS TO THE COMMUNITY; AND6)HOLDING AN ANNUAL INK FESTIVAL WEEKEND AND OTHER EVENTS TO PROVIDE A PERFORMANCE PLATFORM FOR NEW THEATRE, FILM, RADIO AND POETRY.

**Activities:** Giving a voice to those that are rarely heard by inspiring, nurturing and developing skills to create short new plays for the widest possible audiences.




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2025 | £205065 | £200067 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £138877 | £159962 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £132033 | £137117 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £113344 | £129325 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £44936 | £32372 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ANTHONY MACKINTOSH — appointed May 3, 2018
- Benjamin Elder — appointed Nov. 19, 2022
- Heather Newill — appointed July 16, 2024
- Julia Mary Berry — appointed Nov. 11, 2024
- Julia Rosalind Sowerbutts — appointed Jan. 10, 2018
- KEVIN ANDREW MURPHY — appointed May 20, 2024
- Paul John Schlesinger — appointed Nov. 11, 2024
- Robert Gildon — appointed Nov. 19, 2022
- Simon Courtenay Trewin — appointed Jan. 18, 2021
- Vincent Warren Franklin — appointed May 20, 2024