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The British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech

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Country
England & Wales
Charity number
213125
Status
Registered
Registered
Nov. 26, 1962
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
National And Commonwealth

Address

Address
Federation Of Festivals
Festivals House
198 Park Lane
MACCLESFIELD
Cheshire
SK11 6UD

Activities

The lead organisation of the amateur festival movement for the performing arts of music, dance and speech. Offering stages for performance to amateurs locally, regionally and nationally, always combined with educational feedback from an experienced professional adjudicator. Membership: UK & International amateur festivals; professional adjudicators; friends who support the educational work.

Objects: To advance, promote and encourage generally, and by means of the amateur festivals movement in particular, the study and the practice of the arts of music, dance, speech, literature and acting in all their branches.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Country
Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Malta, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Sri Lanka
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Accounts
March 31, 2025 £174,493 £200,228 PDF
March 31, 2024 £178,749 £194,430
March 31, 2023 £164,380 £169,545
March 31, 2022 £126,138 £122,138
March 31, 2021 £137,038 £140,721

Trustees

Name Appointed
Deborah Kate Ward (Chair) May 21, 2015
Annette Brown May 8, 2024
Christopher Philip Blurton May 12, 2023
Damien Anyasi Nov. 27, 2025
Fiona McLean-Buechel Sept. 4, 2024
Jill Elisabeth Wright Sept. 2, 2022
John Logan Oct. 30, 2013
Neill Oldham May 22, 2025
Priscilla Louise Morris Feb. 19, 2021
Rebecca Mary Olga Vines Nov. 27, 2025
Verity Leah Williams May 22, 2025
Yvonne Linda Baisden Feb. 6, 2020