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St Magnus Festival

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC011666
Status
Active
Registered
Feb. 10, 1981
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
13 Albert Street
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1HP

Contact

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.

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.

Areas of operation

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

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
Aug. 31, 2024 £384,931 £451,843 3
Aug. 31, 2023 £332,720 £379,198 3
Aug. 31, 2022 £353,048 £300,166 2
Aug. 31, 2021 £272,312 £209,237 2
Aug. 31, 2020 £244,860 £156,286 6