The English Music Festival (number 1161268) 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 English Music Festival do?
The charity's objects include the promotion of English music at regular festivals and other events in the UK; and the promotion of concerts, recitals, drama performances, exhibitions, lectures and other arts events.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The English Music Festival
Answers The English Music Festival gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 30 June 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are The English Music Festival's highest-paid staff paid?
The English Music Festival's annual return for the year ending 30 June 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.
Does The English Music Festival receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for The English Music Festival. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
The English Music Festival reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records The English Music Festival 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 English Music Festival's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee; 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
Where it says it operates
Throughout England
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Other Charitable Activities.
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 English Music Festival registered for?
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Why is there no Clarity Score for The English Music Festival yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The English Music Festival.
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.
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What should you check before donating to The English Music Festival?
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Is The English Music Festival a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists The English Music Festival as a registered charity (number 1161268) 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 English Music Festival's charity number?
The English Music Festival's charity number is 1161268. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1161268?
Search 1161268 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 English Music Festival do?
The charity's objects include the promotion of English music at regular festivals and other events in the UK; and the promotion of concerts, recitals, drama performances, exhibitions, lectures and other arts events.
Does The English Music Festival have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The English Music Festival. 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 English Music Festival?
The English Music Festival's website listed in our register data is http://www.englishmusicfestival.org.uk. 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 English Music Festival's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The English Music Festival's annual return for the year ending 30 June 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 English Music Festival?
The register records The English Music Festival 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 English Music Festival's trustees paid?
The English Music Festival's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee; payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The English Music Festival registered as a charity?
The English Music Festival was entered on the register on 14 April 2015.