The National Student Drama Festival Limited

Analysis

The National Student Drama Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 03103602). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The National Student Drama Festival Limited reported income of £95k and spending of £92k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £219k to £95k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 National Student Drama Festival Limited sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dot Collective (£95k), The Amateur Entomologists' Society (£95k) and Capella Edina (£95k).