Spitalfields Festival Limited

Analysis

Spitalfields Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03138347). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Spitalfields Festival Limited reported income of £439k and spending of £460k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £581k to £439k (-24%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 124% 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, Spitalfields Festival Limited sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Deeplish Community Centre Association (£439k), The Palaeontological Association (£439k) and Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (£438k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.