The Thames Festival Trust

Analysis

The Thames Festival Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03577462). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Thames Festival Trust reported income of £452k and spending of £612k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £471k to £452k (-4.1%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Thames Festival Trust 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 History of Advertising Trust (£452k), Exhibition Road Cultural Group (£453k) and New Perspectives Theatre Company (£451k).