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Lichfield Festival Limited

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Lichfield Festival Limited is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include arts/culture/heritage/science.

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What are the key facts about Lichfield Festival Limited?

Reported income · year ending 2025-12-31
£517,908
Reported spending · year ending 2025-12-31
£496,479
Registered charity number
512201
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Bore Street
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Lichfield Festival Limited (number 512201) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Lichfield Festival Limited do?

PRODUCTION OF ANNUAL MULTI ARTS FESTIVAL IN AND AROUND LICHFIELD AND STAFFORDSHIRE

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Lichfield Festival Limited

Answers Lichfield Festival Limited gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 December 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Lichfield Festival Limited's highest-paid staff paid?

Lichfield Festival Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Lichfield Festival Limited's money come from?

Lichfield Festival Limited reported £518k total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £261k (50%), charitable activities £254k (49%), investments £2,250 (0%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £6,583.

  • Donations and legacies£261k · 50%
  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£254k · 49%
  • Investments£2,250 · 0%

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Lichfield Festival Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Lichfield Festival Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
01592012 (Companies House)
Also known as
Lichfield Festival; The Lichfield Festival
Previous names on the register
Lichfield Cathedral Arts Limited
Where it says it operates
Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Wolverhampton · Staffordshire

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Services.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Lichfield Festival Limited registered for?

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Why is there no Clarity Score for Lichfield Festival Limited yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Lichfield Festival Limited. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Lichfield Festival Limited a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Lichfield Festival Limited as a registered charity (number 512201) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Lichfield Festival Limited's charity number?
Lichfield Festival Limited's charity number is 512201. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 512201?
Search 512201 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Lichfield Festival Limited do?
PRODUCTION OF ANNUAL MULTI ARTS FESTIVAL IN AND AROUND LICHFIELD AND STAFFORDSHIRE
Does Lichfield Festival Limited have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Lichfield Festival Limited. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Lichfield Festival Limited?
Lichfield Festival Limited's website listed in our register data is http://www.lichfieldfestival.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Lichfield Festival Limited's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Lichfield Festival Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Lichfield Festival Limited's money come from?
Lichfield Festival Limited reported £518k total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £261k (50%), charitable activities £254k (49%), investments £2,250 (0%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £6,583.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Lichfield Festival Limited?
The register records Lichfield Festival Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Lichfield Festival Limited's trustees paid?
Lichfield Festival Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
What was Lichfield Festival Limited previously called?
The register lists this previous name for Lichfield Festival Limited: Lichfield Cathedral Arts Limited.
When was Lichfield Festival Limited registered as a charity?
Lichfield Festival Limited was entered on the register on 7 January 1982. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01592012).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.