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St Magnus Festival

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC011666
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed May 13, 2026. Filing history
Registered
Feb. 10, 1981
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
13 Albert Street
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1HP

Contact

Website
stmagnusfestival.com
Screenshot of the St Magnus Festival website

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

The charity organises St Magnus International Festival, Orkney’s midsummer celebration of the arts. Founded in 1977, the Festival has become a significant event in the UK’s arts year and has gained a reputation for commissioning new work and for community involvement.

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The objects for which the Company is established are:- (A) To promote and encourage the arts, especially opera, plays, dramas, ballet and music, and the study of the arts, and for these purposes to organise, promote, manage and conduct festivals of music, dramas and other entertainments in Orkney or elsewhere annually or at such longer intervals as the Company may determine.

Geography

Main operating location
Orkney Islands
Geographical spread
Wider, but within one local authority area

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Employees
Aug. 31, 2025 May 13, 2026On time £368,067 £293,232 2
Aug. 31, 2024 March 4, 2025On time £384,931 £451,843 3
Aug. 31, 2023 May 17, 2024On time £332,720 £379,198 3
Aug. 31, 2022 May 19, 2023On time £353,048 £300,166 2
Aug. 31, 2021 May 24, 2022On time £272,312 £209,237 2
Aug. 31, 2020 May 25, 2021 £244,860 £156,286 6

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.