The Nailsworth Festival

Analysis

The Nailsworth Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nailsworth. It was registered in October 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2026, The Nailsworth Festival reported income of £20k and spending of £19k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2022 to July 2026, income fell from £22k to £20k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Nailsworth Festival sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cypress Junior School Parents Association (£20k), Loweswater Village Hall (£20k) and The John Hodgson Theatre Research Trust (£20k).