Torbay and South West of England Festival

Analysis

Torbay and South West of England Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Torbay and South West of England Festival reported income of £62k and spending of £54k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £18k to £62k (+239%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Torbay and South West of England Festival sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ash Village Hall (£61k), Wainsgate Chapel (£62k) and Highgate International Chamber Music Festival (£61k).