BRITTEN PEARS ARTS

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
1970-05-21
Registered office
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1SP
Postcode
IP17 1SP
Accounts category
Group
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-10-12
Next due by
2026-10-26
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 90010 Performing arts
  • 90030 Artistic creation
  • 90040 Operation of arts facilities

Officers 24 current · 50 resigned

Appointed 2025-12-12
Appointed 2025-10-10
Appointed 2025-06-17
Appointed 2024-10-12
Appointed 2024-10-11

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Group structure 4 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Registered charity

Britten Pears Arts — charity number 261383

Registered 1970-07-23 Income £15,269,000 Spending £12,952,000 FY to 2025-03-31

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contact details

Website
brittenpearsarts.org
Phone
01728451700, 01728688303, 01728687155

Welcome to Britten Pears Arts, the pioneering charity making music useful. Home to Snape Maltings, The Red House and the Aldeburgh Festival.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
SNAPE MALTINGS2020-05-14
ALDEBURGH MUSIC2016-12-19
ALDEBURGH PRODUCTIONS2006-07-13
ALDEBURGH FOUNDATION1997-11-13
ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL-SNAPE MALTINGS FOUNDATION LIMITED1983-10-12
SNAPE MALTINGS FOUNDATION LIMITED1976-12-31

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
THE SUFFOLK, HIGH STREET, ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK IP15 5AX1999-12-21

Among its peers

2nd oldest

of 163 similar companies in IP, trading since 1970

The class of 1970

54%

of the 3,725 companies incorporated in 1970 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 11 titles

Freehold
7
Leasehold
4
Most recent registration
2021-04-27
Price paid, where recorded
£2,455,000
Where
Suffolk (11)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
SK102169 Suffolk Freehold 2021-04-27
SK172521 Suffolk Freehold 2021-04-27
SK194613 Suffolk Freehold 2021-04-27 £1,340,000
SK359786 Suffolk Freehold 2021-04-27
SK366030 Suffolk Leasehold 2021-04-27
SK323802 Suffolk Leasehold 2021-04-20
SK241082 Suffolk Freehold 2020-05-15 £440,000
SK330258 Suffolk Leasehold 2020-05-15
SK353319 Suffolk Freehold 2020-05-15 £675,000
SK49150 Suffolk Freehold 2020-05-15
SK312687 Suffolk Leasehold 2009-02-04

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