Alderfey E* Festlval
P￿lstered awlty Number 51x1097
Trustees Annual Report for the ye¥ ended 31st of Awst 2025
The trustees wesent t￿r amwal ￿port t￿ fMa￿la1 ststements of the
charity for the year eth 311t of ALqUSt 2025.
ieaal and Admlnlstr•th* Informatknn
The address for the charlty for cMsp￿￿￿e 1$ Chalr, Alderley E¢*e Festfval. 20 Hitrh
L(Y4ve& C￿lf0rd, M•cclosfield SKII 9SR.
The charlties gover￿￿ (hxument Is a Consti￿(￿ a(knpted on the 29th of June 2021. The
con5tltuUon can b2 arnen￿ lry a tw> thlrd5 maJorlty of membef5 rresent at ts Annual
Genernl Meetlrq (x an Extrnordlnary Gewal Meetlrq fvThlded 14 drf notlce has been
sent to all members
The persons le8ally resP￿￿11￿e fty the ¢crtrd m•rwyment af the charlty as trustees
tre: Amarth 8rdbbaTrBfOWrn 5te¥en Penny. Eleancy Stsnley, Kelth L(Mt, Stethn J Fer
Allson Wllkln50n, Sue Freernan. Del*ie j(x￿. Allson Lees Jenny lort-LImo￿l, Diane
Goddard, Loulse Bfo)m. Tth Broom, Car(Ayn M￿San, Emlly Stsnley, Ak￿le land.
The charltles bankers are Barclays Bank Ic. Macclesfield bra￿.
The charltles, Tr￿0￿ry Indefvnt examlnets- TFO Ta4 Alt1￿ Chambers, 19 A114on
Street, Manche#ff, Ml 5LN
Alms and Achlo4*merts
The ￿jects of charlty of the holdlng of a mU￿c. speech arKI drama festlwal In Alderley
Ed8e annually or at such (thr peri(xl& the (xlanlsatlon of concerty lectures arl other
meetlrys of an educatlonal nature t￿nPlementrry tt) the fe5tlYal, and ary other artlvlty
Ich may ¢￿trIbIrte to attalnmentrfthe (tycts. The annual generdl meetlr6 vrds held
on the 19th of Nmntv 2024.
Anancl•J Re¥1
The annual accounts hwe t￿en exaM1r￿ as requlred urKler secllon 145 of the charltles act
2011 and the actountlng recwth malntalred In accordance ￿ sertlon 130 of the said acL
Due to tt* cc#knnuln8 Increased entry le￿$ arKI cmqwrtial gn)vth. plus infiation. both
IrKome & expendlturn hwe Ine￿ti￿v hei8htened hry*ever gap bet￿n two has
reNErse4 thus pr￿Id1r¢ a delklL Arrxmd percent cl reserves V•ve utlllsed to cover thls
104 the reserves ttrwh, SOII remaini￿ s(Anewhat rotrArt Tr* committee hwe been
¥rdrned that defitlts are be TA￿¢¢Xned and are to a&kEss all Incwred casts
accordi￿ty.

Appro￿1
Thls vewt arrfl the annexed accoth)ts have been akyrNed ty the trustees as a body and
slgned on their behalf ty the chaiman and treasurer are aLrth￿ISed try the trustees to
do so. The acccunts h&t been sutlected to an l*ndent examlnation.
&. Cs6.
Amanda BrabbaTr8r￿ - Chalr
Steve Penny- Honornry Treasurer

I CHARITY COMMISSION
I FOR FNGLAND AND WAIES
Aldqrfey EdgA Fostiv
Receipts and
ments accounts
CC16a
For the ￿rIOd
from
0110V2024
To
31108r2W25
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
fvnd8
ityth•
Restricted
fund$
th• Marwt£
Endowment
funds
Totsl lundj
Last y••r
totr• nHrwt£
totr* nnv•st £
lo th• n•*r••l £
A1 Rec81
1,27S
323
S.195
21.237
105
T&% Ruthuned
.orshipAdveih$i
Fesllval Rec
rera* ROC￿¥￿bk1
l.Z75
323
5.895
21.217
205
18.807
193
or
ARJ
21.835
2I,Z41
n￿•¢M•
See table
18.93S
Pa
Jud
tyg 8 AccLYn
Awnidg
reol VerLofy
PL4nOS
Si
11.386
12S
4,439
3,W2
•14
578
11,386
12$
4,439
3,902
924
9,99
250
4,940
a S￿￿0￿
POBl￿J9 & Tq
hisiirancè
1,333
2.051
937
771
2.581
Obo
517
823
2,8Z8
•2)
2.826
Coièftno 8 Firrale
1orlW4ts•ihi
Banner5
Olhw
1,t4S
1.$79
29.gJ
1.575
29,939
B92
24.895
Syb total
A4 Asset and Investrnent
Sub total
29.939
29,gYg
24,895
Noi 0fr￿Ap1S1fP&ym0nts)
A5 Transfer$ between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds thls year•nd
1,004
1,004
1,346
1.004
1,346
CCXX Rl acteunls IS81
2S10612026

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted
lunds
10 n¢arMI £
Restricted
Endowment
funds
Tr•aresi£
81 Cash fund$
19.fj03
378
Total cash funds
50.445
Unr•51rfct•d
lund6
to 0•ar•￿ t
Restricted
nd$
to rth•r•* É
Endowm•nt
fund
10 nMr•ii£
O¢tJils
Fund lo*thkh
Dolails
Co•1 l•pNoTr•ll
Cuff•nt ¥4lu*
Pundto wl4th
Delgil
Cv•t lopU•n•l}
Cuminl v•lv•
84 Assets ratalned for th•
charltV$ own u
F￿d t•whith
CLld'l
35 Llabllltl•s
Slgned by one on
haLE of all the bijsiees
lute
Print Name
Date of
rov81
Swen Penn
AJnanda BrabbsTrBny•m
2510612026
2510012026
CCXX R? ISSI
251C612026

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAM) WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Roport to th• tru8tao•
ALDERLEY EDGE FESTIVAL
On accounts for the year
31 AUGUST 2025
Charfty no
(If any)
1to2
I report to tru8teeÉ ￿ my examination of the accounts of the above
chanty (Ihe Tru￿) for the year er￿ 31 Awjust 2025
As the ¢haritV8 tru8teu. y¢)u are r￿￿nsible for the Fyeparation of the
accounts In accor(lance *ryth thg requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Ih8 Acf).
R••pon•lblllllH •nd
b••l8 of r•port
I report in respect of my examination of Trust's account8 carried out
undor section 145 ofthè 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the aP￿Icable Directions grven by the Charty Commi8sion
under aection 145(5){b) of the Act.
Indep•ndont trt* ¢harty's gr088 income exce•ded £250,fyJO and l em qualified to
•xamlnarf• stat•m•nt undertake the examination by being a qualtfied mmber of linsert name of
applicable listed bodyll. 081ete [ ] If not 8ppllcabl8.
I have completed my examln8ti¢3n. l o)nfirm that no material mattor8 have
come to my attention in connectlon with the examlnation (other than that
disdosed bolow ') ￿lIch give8 me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
the accounting records were not keF* in aCcorda￿e wrth 6e¢tion 130
of tho Charfties Act.. or
tre accounts did not ac￿rd with the accounllng record8,' or
the ¥Jccourrts did not wmply with the appllcatyle requlremenTs
conc8ming the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Règulalions 2008 other than any requirement
that the accourrts give a and fairf view which 18 not a matter
considered a8 part of an indopendent examination.
I have no concem8 and have come across no other matters In connection
wrth the examinatson to which 8ttents.on should be dravm in this ￿port in
cYder to enable a Fxoper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
delete the ¥wnls in the brackets if th8y do not apply.
Slgned..
9 MARCH 2026
Nam•:
ANDREW MAGILTON
IER
Oct 2018

Rolevant professlonal
quallfleatlon{•) or body
(If any)..
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TAK4TION
Addre86:
TFO TAX
ALBION CHAMBERS, 19 ALBION STREET
IAANCHESTER. M15LN
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete rf the examiner needs lo highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity account8.' direction8 and
gU￿anCe for examiners).
Glv• horn brfof dotall• of
any ltsms that the
•xamlner wl•h•• to
dl•clo•8,
NO POINTS ARISING
IER
Oct 2018