Friends of Newbury Spring Festival

Analysis

Friends of Newbury Spring Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in March 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Friends of Newbury Spring Festival reported income of £35k and spending of £41k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £33k to £35k (+6.1%), an average of +1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Friends of Newbury Spring Festival sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dunvant Male Choir (£35k), Arthur McDougall Fund (£35k) and Bushey Museum Trust (£35k).