The Midsomer Norton and District Carnival Charity Association

Analysis

The Midsomer Norton and District Carnival Charity Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Radstock. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03819042). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Midsomer Norton and District Carnival Charity Association reported income of £38k and spending of £38k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £38k (+215%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Midsomer Norton and District Carnival Charity Association sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Southwick Players (£38k), Cottered Village Hall (£38k) and Friends of Helmshore Textile Museums (£38k).

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.