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The Bridport Literary Festival Limited

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The Bridport Literary Festival Limited is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science.

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What are the key facts about The Bridport Literary Festival Limited?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£136,384
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£136,024
Registered charity number
1147075
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Bridport
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

The Bridport Literary Festival Limited (number 1147075) 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 The Bridport Literary Festival Limited do?

The Bridport Literary Festival Limited organise an annual Literary Festival in Bridport, Dorset. The Festival runs for one week in November each year. During that week a series of events take place.

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

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Bridport Literary Festival Limited

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

How much are The Bridport Literary Festival Limited's highest-paid staff paid?

The Bridport Literary Festival Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 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.

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

The register records The Bridport Literary 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

The Bridport Literary Festival Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
08000525 (Companies House)
Previous names on the register
Bridport Literary Festival Limited
Where it says it operates
Devon · Dorset · Somerset · Wiltshire

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 The Bridport Literary Festival Limited registered for?

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Why is there no Clarity Score for The Bridport Literary Festival Limited yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Bridport Literary 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 The Bridport Literary Festival Limited a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists The Bridport Literary Festival Limited as a registered charity (number 1147075) 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 The Bridport Literary Festival Limited's charity number?
The Bridport Literary Festival Limited's charity number is 1147075. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1147075?
Search 1147075 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 The Bridport Literary Festival Limited do?
The Bridport Literary Festival Limited organise an annual Literary Festival in Bridport, Dorset. The Festival runs for one week in November each year. During that week a series of events take place.
Does The Bridport Literary Festival Limited have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Bridport Literary 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 The Bridport Literary Festival Limited?
The Bridport Literary Festival Limited's website listed in our register data is http://www.bridlit.com. 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 The Bridport Literary Festival Limited's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Bridport Literary Festival Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 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.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Bridport Literary Festival Limited?
The register records The Bridport Literary 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 The Bridport Literary Festival Limited's trustees paid?
The Bridport Literary Festival Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was The Bridport Literary Festival Limited previously called?
The register lists this previous name for The Bridport Literary Festival Limited: Bridport Literary Festival Limited.
When was The Bridport Literary Festival Limited registered as a charity?
The Bridport Literary Festival Limited was entered on the register on 1 May 2012. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 08000525).

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.