Billingham International Folklore Festival Limited

Analysis

Billingham International Folklore Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockton on Tees. It was registered in August 1999, 27 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 company (Companies House number 03708860). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Billingham International Folklore Festival Limited reported income of £63k and spending of £73k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £96k to £63k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 779%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Billingham International Folklore Festival Limited sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% 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 The Garrick Charitable Trust (£63k), East Coker Village Hall (£63k) and Stainsby Folk Group (£63k).

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.