## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 October 2024 To 30 September 2025** **Charity name: Chester Folk Festival** ## **Charity registration number: 1192704** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance public education in, and
appreciation of British and Multicultural
Folk Arts (including traditional and
contemporary folk music, dance, crafts and
spoken word such as poetry and
storytelling) in Chester and surrounding
area through the staging of an annual folk
festival and the provision of a range of
participatory workshops, activities and
other events throughout the year.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|We have continued to hold our Autumn
Trilogy concert in November.at All Saints
Church in Hoole, Chester. As before, it
was very well supported.
We again used the rooms and church at All
Saints for our annual February Folk Day.
The day attracted a wide audience of both
local and travelling supporters. The event
made a profit which boosted our
operational funds.
The 2025 Main Festival, as usual was held
at Kelsall Green and was very well
supported and welcomed by residents,
supporters and paying ticket holders. We
ran many ‘free’ events during the festival
which benefitted local residents and their
children.
We continued to run the series of monthly,
free youth workshops in Chester. This was
aimed at young musicians and singers in
the Chester and surrounding area. These
commenced in November 2024 and ran
through to May 2025.
The Trustees believe that our charity
continues to fulfil its obligations set out in| |||its governing document. We are run
entirely by volunteers. The events we put
on totally depend on large numbers of
people giving up their time and expertise to
set up and run our events as well as clear
away afterwards.
We believe that we bring entertainment and
awareness of the Folk Arts to the public,
both locally resident and further abroad.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All trustees have read and have**
**appropriate regard to the relevant**
**guidance.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Charity would cease to function
without the many volunteers who give up
their time and expertise to help run our
events and perform administrative duties.
The trustees acknowledge this and take the
opportunity to thank them for all their help.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Autumn Evening Concert held at All Saints
Church, Hoole November 2024
February Folk Day held at All Saints
Church Hoole February 2025
Main Folk Festival held at Kelsall Green
Kelsall in May 2025
Monthly free music workshops for young
people in Chester from November 2024 to
May 2025.| |---|---|---| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|We believe that we have met all the
objectives we set out to achieve, namely,
•
Trilogy of Folk concert
•
February Folk Day
•
Annual 4-day Folk Festival
•
Free workshops for young folk
musicians held monthly in Chester| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Overall, the charity made a small surplus in
the year of £869 (2024: £940). The charity
continues to work to slowly increase
reserves whilst ensuring that our events
are affordable and accessible to as many
people as possible.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity aims to maintain a healthy
reserve to support its objectives and be
able to fund investment in future activities.
Overall, the Charity aims to maintain
reserves in excess of £2,000.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|As of the 30 September 2025 our reserves
were £6,214 (2024: £5,345)| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|| |---|---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||| ||||Monies raised by ticket sales and sales of| ||||merchandise at our events| ||The charity’s principal||| ||sources of funds (including||| ||any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Monies raised by ticket sales and sales of
merchandise at our events| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Association Model Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Nominated by original members and**
**thereafter elected / re-elected at the**
**AGM in accordance with the**
**constitution.**
Paul Thompson stood down at the AGM
but was re-elected to sit on the board of
trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Chester Folk Festival| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1192704| |Charity’s principal address|21 Dee Fords Avenue
Chester
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Elizabeth
Armstrong|Chair|All year|| ||Cheryl Hunt|Treasurer|Allyear|| ||Paul Thompson||Allyear|| ||Nick Mitchell||22 July 2025 – 30
Septemner 2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Elizabeth Sarah Jane Armstrong Paul Thompson **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)**[Chair ] **Date** 29 July 2026 **Charity Name No (if any) Chester Folk Festival 1192704** **CC16a** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/10/2024 30/09/2025 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |
Sales - Tickets, programmes,bar and catering|**50,345**||**-**||**-**||**50,345**||**45,304**| |Council funding, grants & donations|**4,824**||**-**||**-**||**4,824**||**4,773**| |Programme adverts & stall consessions|**2,015**||**-**||**-**||**2,015**||**1,988**| |Merchandise sales|**1,539**||**-**||**-**||**1,539**||**1,245**| |Interest|**12**||**-**||**-**||**12**||**11**| |Roundings|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**58,735**||**-**||**-**||**58,735**||**53,321**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**53,321**| ||||||||||| |
Performers fees & accomodation costs|**19,031**||**-**||**-**||**19,031**||**18,761**| |Catering& bar costs|**1,187**||**-**||**-**||**1,187**||**988**| |Printing,stationery, postage & other consumables|**1,806**||**-**||**-**||**1,806**||**1,656**| |Security& first aid cover|**6,955**||**-**||**-**||**6,955**||**5,790**| |Transport costs|**1,957**||**-**||**-**||**1,957**||**1,824**| |Publicitycosts|**828**||**-**||**-**||**828**||**433**| |Fees & licences(inc. PRS)|**1,594**||**-**||**-**||**1,594**||**1,264**| |Venue & equipment hire(inc. waste disposal)|**15,731**||**-**||**-**||**15,731**||**15,107**| |Public Announcement System and Sound Engineers|**5,070**||**-**||**-**||**5,070**||**4,190**| |Website hosting,onlineplatform fees & computer equipment|**706**||**-**||**-**||**706**||**100**| |Insurance,conferences & subscriptions|**1,393**||**-**||**-**||**1,393**||**1,321**| |Merchandise costs|**1,608**||**-**||**-**||**1,608**||**342**| |Other|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |Roundings|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1**| |**_Sub total_ **|**57,866**||**-**||**-**||**57,866**||**51,777**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**|||||||||| |Fixtures,fittings & equipmentpurchases|**-**||||||||**604**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**604**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**52,381**| ||||||||||| ||**869**||||||||**940**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**5,345**||||||||**4,405**| ||**6,214**||||||||**5,345**| R&P Accounts ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Miscellaneous small chattels (e.g. signage,
leaflet display,etc)
Computer equipment (Laptop, NAS Drive,
Electronic payment card reader)
**Details**
Treasurers Account
Deposit Account
Paypal & Cash
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Stage & chairs
Lighting equipment|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**17**
**4,931**
**1,266**
**6,214**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**belongs**
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**belongs**
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Unrestricted
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
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**(optional)**
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||**When due (optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ## **Section C Notes** ## **C1 Notes** The Charity received notice of it's registration on 8th December 2020, as such there are no prior period accounts figures provided above. For the purpose of simplicity and future comparability the accounts have been prepared for the year ended 30 September 2021 rather than the period from 8th December 2020 to 30 September 2021. Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |Signature|Print Name
Cheryl Hunt
Elizabeth Armstrong|Date of approval| |---|---|---| ||Cheryl Hunt|29/07/2026| ||Elizabeth Armstrong|29/07/2026| R&P Accounts Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independ•nt Examin8r'8 Report A•￿rt to th• trust•e41 MOM￿lS of Chesler Folk Festlval On accounts for the year ended 30 September 2025 Charlty no 1192704 S•t out on pag I rep￿ ￿ the trustees on my examin81K￿ ol the acawnts ol the atx>ve chty (tr Tru5f) for Ihe erKled 3010912024. R•sponslbilitS•8 and basb ol report As the chantys trustee5. you we ￿Sp￿sIble ftx the preparalbon of the accx)unls in wKdance Ihe requireff*nts of the Charrties Acl 2011 rthe A¢r). I re[￿ in re¥*ct of my exarr#nalM)n of the Tntst's accothts carried ¢xrt urbjef Section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrytng out my examinab.￿. I havo all the applicable DIr￿lI(￿S givgn by Ihe Charity Convniss#Jn ur￿{ seclion 145{5)(b) of the Ad. Independent I have Cr￿p181ed my examirbalion. I ccth that no material matters havo examinefs statement CA)mp. lo my attention in cOnn￿￿'0n th8 examina1￿ whith ￿V0S n cause to beh'eve that in. any material respèct: the acccAJnh"ng reC￿lS wer• kopt in acwd8￿e valh 130 of Ihe Charities Acl.. or Ihe aG¢wnts did nol accryd wlth ihe ac£ounbr¥J rec%yds: or Ihe acuMJnts did not ccryty with ttbo ¥plicablo Towir¥Nnwts ¢(wmiNJ the f(ym aNI r£rf)tenl of accounts sel in Ihe Chaniles {ACc￿nts and RepJrt5) RegulatNJns 2008 other than any requirement tt)at the acc£wJnts give a 'lnJe and farf view which ts not 8 matter c)Midered as part of an independent examinalK)n. I have no concems and have come ￿)$$ no othar malt8rs in ￿n￿¢tion the examinab'on lo which attention sM)uld be drawn in Ihls repcKt in (Kdor to enable a pyoper understsndiTr3 of ￿ accwnts to be reached. Siqn•d: QSIE £6 Narn•: James lan Jones R•l•vant prof•ssional qualfficatlon(s) or body: Associate Chwtered Man3gerrEnt Address: 26 Ecdeslon Avenu8 Chesler, CH4 7EX IER Oct 2018 Secilon B Dlsclosuro Only romplete If the examinor need5 to highlighl material mdllers of concom (s¢e CC32, lTrJependent eXamTh1K￿ of thanty acc4)unts. dwectbonts WMI guKlan¢e fof examiners). Glv• horn briel detalls of any ltsms that the examlner wishes to ls¢los•. Not app1K4￿8 IER Oct 2018