Bath Festivals

Active02319269 Private company limited by guarantee

What Bath Festivals say about themselves

“Bath Festivals is a charity that brings some of the finest international musicians, speakers and writers to Bath.”

— from bathfestivals.org.uk
Incorporated
18 November 1988 (37 years)
Previously known as
Bath Festivals Trust (until 6 September 2006)
The Foundation for the Bath International Festival & Related Arts Initiatives (until 15 November 1993)
Industry
Artistic creation (90030)
Directors
David Cavaliero
Sarah Jane Mcfarlane
Matthew Benjamin Nicholls
Accounts type
Total exemption full
Region
South West
Address
1A Forum Buildings
St James Parade
Bath
BA1 1UG

Filing status

Accounts due
31 December 2026
Last accounts
31 December 2024
Conf. stmt due
29 April 2027
Last conf. stmt
15 April 2026

Officers 7 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Cavaliero, David
Director · Appointed 27 October 2026
British
Born March 1958 (68)
Mcfarlane, Sarah Jane
Director · Appointed 30 June 2026
British
Born April 1987 (39)
Nicholls, Matthew Benjamin
Director · Appointed 30 June 2026
British
Born June 1998 (28)
Shore, Paula
Secretary · Appointed 14 March 2026
Johnson, Simon
Director · Appointed 9 September 2024
British
Born June 1958 (68)
Director · Appointed 9 September 2024
Also at Pembroke Education, The Bath and Wells Diocesan Academies Trust
British
Born April 1966 (60)
Harper, Amanda
Director · Appointed 18 December 2023
British
Born March 1965 (61)
Officer history (114 former)
27 October 2026
Appointed Cavaliero, David as Director
27 October 2026
Resigned Hall, Stephanie Diane as Director
9 October 2026
Resigned Hall, Richard Clavell Stanley as Director
2 October 2026
Resigned Pavier, Alison as Director
9 July 2026
Resigned Coughlan, Denise Margaret as Director
30 June 2026
Appointed Nicholls, Matthew Benjamin as Director
30 June 2026
Appointed Pavier, Alison as Director
30 June 2026
Appointed Hall, Stephanie Diane as Director
30 June 2026
Appointed Mcfarlane, Sarah Jane as Director
30 June 2026
Resigned Mccarron, Beth as Director
25 June 2026
Resigned Rogers, Christopher David as Director
15 April 2026
Resigned Smith, Victoria Elaine as Director
19 March 2026
Resigned Hobhouse, William Stewart as Secretary
19 March 2026
Resigned Hobhouse, William as Director
14 March 2026
Appointed Shore, Paula as Secretary
14 March 2026
Resigned Jefferson, Ruth Esme as Director
12 September 2025
Resigned Rogers, Christopher David as Secretary
12 September 2025
Appointed Hobhouse, William Stewart as Secretary
28 April 2025
Appointed Mccarron, Beth as Director
28 April 2025
Appointed Hobhouse, William as Director
9 September 2024
Appointed Shore, Paula as Director
9 September 2024
Appointed Johnson, Simon as Director
15 July 2024
Resigned Mckee, Kathryn Louise as Director
18 December 2023
Resigned Cullum, John David as Director
18 December 2023
Appointed Harper, Amanda as Director
18 December 2023
Resigned Turner, Richard Timmis as Director
13 December 2023
Appointed Mckee, Kathryn Louise as Director
16 October 2023
Appointed Rogers, Christopher David as Secretary
13 September 2023
Appointed Jefferson, Ruth Esme as Director
16 August 2023
Appointed Cullum, John David as Director
16 August 2023
Resigned Cullum, John David as Director
15 July 2023
Resigned Turner, Richard Timmis as Director
15 July 2023
Resigned Cusack, Jacqueline as Director
15 July 2023
Appointed Turner, Richard Timmis as Director
14 July 2023
Resigned Armstrong, Tessa Anne as Director
14 July 2023
Resigned Donovan, Helen Clare as Director
13 July 2023
Resigned Ariaratnam, Suresh Prabha as Director
1 June 2023
Resigned Singleton, Alastair Graham as Director
19 April 2023
Appointed Hall, Richard Clavell Stanley as Director
19 April 2023
Appointed Armstrong, Tessa Anne as Director
19 April 2023
Appointed Donovan, Helen Clare as Director
25 February 2023
Resigned Medlock, Peter John as Director
29 June 2022
Appointed Cusack, Jacqueline as Director
1 November 2021
Resigned Taylor, Stephen Richard Arthur as Director
16 February 2021
Resigned Andrews, Georgina, Prof as Director
31 October 2019
Resigned Mead, Celia Jane as Director
31 October 2019
Appointed Taylor, Stephen Richard Arthur as Director
25 September 2019
Appointed Singleton, Alastair Graham as Director
25 September 2019
Appointed Smith, Victoria Elaine as Director
8 May 2019
Resigned Brown, Kevin, Dr as Director
3 April 2019
Appointed Andrews, Georgina, Prof as Director
2 January 2019
Resigned Greville, Charles Fulke Chester, Lord as Director
19 December 2018
Resigned Taylor, Stephen Richard Arthur as Director
14 December 2018
Resigned Gregory, William as Director
12 December 2018
Resigned Bates, David as Director
7 December 2018
Resigned Drummond, James Edward Macgregor as Director
24 September 2018
Appointed Ariaratnam, Suresh Prabha as Director
1 May 2018
Resigned Pearce, Christopher Ormsby as Director
14 April 2018
Resigned Strasburger, Evelyn, Lady as Director
29 November 2017
Appointed Greville, Charles Fulke Chester, Lord as Director
29 November 2017
Resigned Williams, Anna Elizabeth as Director
29 November 2017
Resigned Baines, Carol Anne as Director
14 June 2017
Appointed Mead, Celia Jane as Director
14 June 2017
Appointed Coughlan, Denise Margaret as Director
14 June 2017
Appointed Rogers, Christopher David as Director
3 April 2017
Resigned Stockley, Ian James as Director
30 September 2016
Resigned Kidd, Belinda as Secretary
14 September 2016
Appointed Gregory, William as Director
14 September 2016
Appointed Drummond, James Edward Macgregor as Director
14 September 2016
Appointed Strasburger, Evelyn, Lady as Director
14 September 2016
Appointed Brown, Kevin, Dr as Director
14 September 2016
Appointed Medlock, Peter John as Director
19 July 2016
Resigned Mead, Celia Jane as Director
3 February 2016
Appointed Stockley, Ian James as Director
26 October 2015
Resigned Heffernan, Margaret Windham, Dr as Director
26 October 2015
Resigned Stockley, Ian James as Director
17 June 2015
Appointed Pearce, Christopher Ormsby as Director
17 June 2015
Resigned Beath, Cherry as Director
16 July 2014
Appointed Taylor, Stephen Richard Arthur as Director
16 July 2014
Appointed Bates, David as Director
30 May 2014
Resigned Drabble, Jane as Director
13 May 2014
Resigned Mitchell, Louise Catherine as Director
11 November 2013
Appointed Beath, Cherry as Director
11 November 2013
Resigned Hall, Katherine Frances as Director
24 August 2013
Resigned Morgan, Rodney Emrys as Director
26 February 2013
Resigned Thomas, John Anthony Griffiths as Director
10 October 2012
Resigned Castang, Philip Julian as Director
10 October 2012
Appointed Williams, Anna Elizabeth as Director
26 September 2012
Resigned Marshall, James as Director
3 July 2012
Appointed Cullum, John David as Director
14 March 2012
Appointed Mitchell, Louise Catherine as Director
11 July 2011
Appointed Hall, Katherine Frances as Director
9 May 2011
Resigned Dewey, Ian Charles as Director
17 November 2010
Resigned Whitehead, Andrew John as Secretary
17 November 2010
Appointed Kidd, Belinda as Secretary
14 September 2010
Appointed Mead, Celia Jane as Director
5 August 2010
Resigned Knowles, Nod as Secretary
5 August 2010
Appointed Whitehead, Andrew John as Secretary
14 July 2010
Appointed Baines, Carol Anne as Director
22 February 2010
Resigned George, Ron, Prof as Director
28 October 2009
Appointed Turner, Richard Timmis as Director
28 October 2009
Appointed Drabble, Jane as Director
21 September 2009
Resigned Foreman, Ruth Ann as Director
21 September 2009
Resigned Taylor, Helen Rushton as Director
11 May 2009
Appointed Stockley, Ian James as Director
11 May 2009
11 May 2009
Appointed Heffernan, Margaret Windham, Dr as Director
1 December 2008
Resigned Brown, Catharine Denise as Director
7 May 2008
Appointed Morgan, Rodney Emrys as Director
7 May 2008
Appointed Foreman, Ruth Ann as Director
22 April 2008
Resigned Wright, Andrew David as Director
8 November 2007
Resigned Skellett, Colin Frank as Director
17 July 2007
Appointed Dewey, Ian Charles as Director
6 July 2007
Resigned Dawson, Gitte as Director
8 May 2007
Resigned Gregory, William as Director
26 February 2007
Resigned Holt, David Langford as Director
26 February 2007
Appointed Thomas, John Anthony Griffiths as Director
26 February 2007
Appointed George, Ron, Prof as Director
18 December 2006
Resigned Calvert, Andrew Richard John as Director
25 September 2006
Appointed Castang, Philip Julian as Director
25 September 2006
Appointed Skellett, Colin Frank as Director
25 September 2006
Appointed Marshall, James as Director
25 September 2006
Appointed Dawson, Gitte as Director
17 July 2006
Resigned Tracy, Martin as Director
17 July 2006
Resigned Bull George, Anne Patricia as Director
10 April 2006
10 April 2006
Resigned Shepley, Christopher John as Director
10 April 2006
Resigned Jeans, Michael Henry Vickery as Director
20 May 2005
Appointed Knowles, Nod as Secretary
20 May 2005
Resigned Tyndall, Jeremy as Secretary
6 December 2004
Resigned Bullamore, Timothy John as Director
6 December 2004
Resigned Dewey, Ian Charles as Director
4 October 2004
Appointed Tyndall, Jeremy as Secretary
24 September 2004
Resigned Joss, Timothy Hans as Secretary
24 September 2004
Appointed Gregory, William as Director
26 July 2004
Resigned Pirie, Stella Jane as Director
12 June 2004
Resigned Fraser, Hilary as Director
7 June 2004
Resigned Calleja, Robert Frederic as Director
19 April 2004
Appointed Bull George, Anne Patricia as Director
27 January 2004
Resigned Horsbrugh, Ian Robert as Director
27 January 2004
Resigned Bartholomew, John David as Director
7 October 2003
Appointed Brown, Catharine Denise as Director
7 October 2003
Appointed Taylor, Helen Rushton as Director
27 January 2003
Resigned Dimbleby, Jonathan as Director
4 October 2002
Resigned Reiter, Sheila as Director
27 September 2002
Resigned Mc Sharry, Deirdre as Director
8 July 2002
Resigned Sisman, Adam Peter Spencer as Director
8 July 2002
Appointed Bullamore, Timothy John as Director
22 April 2002
Appointed Wright, Andrew David as Director
22 April 2002
Appointed Mc Sharry, Deirdre as Director
22 April 2002
Appointed Jeans, Michael Henry Vickery as Director
22 April 2002
Appointed Calvert, Andrew Richard John as Director
22 April 2002
Resigned Beere, Laurence Jordan Benedict as Director
22 January 2002
Resigned Wall, Andrew Julian as Director
22 January 2002
Appointed Tracy, Martin as Director
9 July 2001
Appointed Sisman, Adam Peter Spencer as Director
9 July 2001
Resigned Macniven, Jacqueline as Director
2 April 2001
Resigned Payne, Jeremy John Ames as Director
22 January 2001
Resigned Aderyn, Diane as Director
1 January 2001
Resigned Manning, Jeffrey Stephen as Director
10 November 2000
Resigned Freeley, Maureen Deirdre as Director
26 April 2000
Appointed Pirie, Stella Jane as Director
28 March 2000
Appointed Macniven, Jacqueline as Director
13 March 2000
Appointed Holt, David Langford as Director
17 February 2000
Appointed Calleja, Robert Frederic as Director
15 February 2000
Appointed Beere, Laurence Jordan Benedict as Director
3 September 1999
Resigned Lloyd, Valerie as Director
14 July 1999
Resigned Doughty, Tony William as Director
27 April 1999
Resigned Darracott, Colin Gordon as Director
18 January 1999
Resigned Morris, Yvonne as Director
18 January 1999
Resigned Quayle, John Rodney, Professor as Director
18 January 1999
Appointed Reiter, Sheila as Director
18 January 1999
Appointed Payne, Jeremy John Ames as Director
18 January 1999
Appointed Aderyn, Diane as Director
18 January 1999
Resigned Frewer, Richard John Barratt as Director
18 January 1999
Appointed Freeley, Maureen Deirdre as Director
18 January 1999
Resigned Van Zwanenberg, Zoe as Director
18 January 1999
Resigned Sheppard, William Henry Thomas as Director
22 May 1998
Appointed Fraser, Hilary as Director
20 May 1998
21 January 1998
Appointed Shepley, Christopher John as Director
21 January 1998
Resigned Marshall, Brian Arthur as Director
21 January 1998
21 January 1998
Resigned Perry, Paul Patrick Fletcher as Director
21 January 1998
Appointed Van Zwanenberg, Zoe as Director
21 January 1998
Appointed Darracott, Colin Gordon as Director
21 January 1998
Resigned Stevenson, David Neil as Director
21 January 1998
Appointed Bartholomew, John David as Director
21 January 1998
Appointed Doughty, Tony William as Director
21 January 1998
Resigned Morgan, Karen Jane as Director
21 January 1998
Resigned Houghton, Julia Mary as Director
21 January 1998
Appointed Dimbleby, Jonathan as Director
20 January 1998
Appointed Horsbrugh, Ian Robert as Director
22 October 1997
Resigned Head, Christopher as Director
13 February 1997
Resigned Baker, Christopher John as Director
1 April 1996
Appointed Stewart, Graham Denis, Councillor as Director
22 March 1996
Resigned Jenkins, Elgar Spencer, Sir as Director
22 February 1996
Appointed Dewey, Ian Charles as Director
22 February 1996
Resigned Henshaw, Peter David as Director
22 February 1996
Resigned Metcalfe, Peter John as Director
22 February 1996
25 January 1996
Appointed Wall, Andrew Julian as Director
24 August 1995
Resigned Matthews, Wendy Mary as Director
24 August 1995
Appointed Stevenson, David Neil as Director
19 January 1995
Appointed Henshaw, Peter David as Director
19 January 1995
Appointed Lloyd, Valerie as Director
1 December 1994
Appointed Metcalfe, Peter John as Director
20 October 1994
Appointed Frewer, Richard John Barratt as Director
28 July 1994
Appointed Morris, Yvonne as Director
6 January 1994
8 December 1993
Appointed Houghton, Julia Mary as Director
18 October 1993
Resigned Pratley, David Illingworth as Secretary
4 October 1993
Appointed Joss, Timothy Hans as Secretary
1 September 1993
Appointed Matthews, Wendy Mary as Director
1 September 1993
Appointed Sheppard, William Henry Thomas as Director
1 September 1993
Appointed Morgan, Karen Jane as Director
1 September 1993
Appointed Marshall, Brian Arthur as Director
1 September 1993
Appointed Baker, Christopher John as Director
1 July 1993
Appointed Pratley, David Illingworth as Secretary
24 May 1993
Appointed Jenkins, Elgar Spencer, Sir as Director
24 May 1993
Appointed Manning, Jeffrey Stephen as Director
24 May 1993
Resigned Scott, James Norman as Director
24 May 1993
Appointed Quayle, John Rodney, Professor as Director
24 May 1993
Appointed Head, Christopher as Director
24 May 1993
Resigned Broadhead, Kenneth as Director
2 December 1992
Appointed Scott, James Norman as Director
2 December 1992
Appointed Chapman, Charles William Frederick as Secretary
2 December 1992
Appointed Perry, Paul Patrick Fletcher as Director
2 December 1992
Resigned Ovalsec Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary
2 December 1992
Resigned Buchanan, Robin Wilson, Sir as Director
2 December 1992
Resigned Smerdon, Richard William as Director

Ownership 0 active

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The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Filings

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DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
27 October 2026Appointment of a director
27 October 2026Termination of appointment of a director
13 July 2026Termination of appointment of a director
13 July 2026Termination of appointment of a director
13 July 2026Appointment of a director
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