Chester Festival of Performing Arts

(1) To promote and advance education in the fields of music, dance, speech and drama. (2) To promote and organise/assist in organising festivals at which music, dance speech & drama performances are given a platform and the benefit of suitably qualified professional adjudication and advice. (3) To provide a stage for artists who have taken part in the festivals.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Cheshire East
• Cheshire West & Chester

Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 August 2026, it had income of £7,331 and spent £6,489.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 21%, from £6,061 in the year to 31 August 2022 to £7,331 in the year to 31 August 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 89% of its income in the year to 31 August 2026. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

5 trustees run the charity.

• Diane RooneyAppointed 17 July 2024
• Lynn MoyesAppointed 12 February 2004
• Philip John MoyesAppointed 12 February 2004
• Philip MoyesAppointed 12 February 2004
• Simon Andrew BateAppointed 17 July 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1103517

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

29 April 2004

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 FEBRUARY 2004 as amended on 17 Jul 2024

Company number

05042915This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.chesterperformingarts.gov.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Flintshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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