# Word Up North Limited

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 501801
- **Other names:** ILKLEY LITERATURE FESTIVAL LIMITED, THE ILKLEY LITERATURE FESTIVAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 29, 1973
- **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=501801


## Contact

- **Address:** Second Floor Offices, Fairfax House, 38 The Grove, Ilkley
- **Phone:** 01943 601210
- **Email:** admin@wordupnorth.org.uk
- **Website:** wordupnorth.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC TASTE AND KNOWLEDGE AND THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE AND THE OTHER ARTS AMONGST THE GENERAL PUBLIC

**Activities:** Provision of annual literature festival and associated developments and year round projects involving creative writing, reading and live literature.

**Area of benefit:** ILKLEY AND WHARFEDALE




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Bradford City
- Calderdale
- Kirklees
- Leeds City
- North Yorkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £491579 | £391092 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £359153 | £366251 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £329355 | £334963 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £294664 | £283285 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £227859 | £226712 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Prof Francis James Finlay** (Chair) — appointed March 15, 2023
- Anita Ganeri — appointed Sept. 24, 2025
- CATHY BAXANDALL — appointed Sept. 13, 2012
- ELLEN TERESA THORPE
- Kitty Wright — appointed Sept. 27, 2017
- Professor Gregory Radick — appointed March 13, 2019
- Tahira Jabeen Sardar — appointed June 18, 2025