Farnworth Performing Arts Company

Analysis

Farnworth Performing Arts Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Select.... It was registered in January 2000, 26 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 03761364). It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Farnworth Performing Arts Company reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6,230 to £16k (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Farnworth Performing Arts Company sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surrey Philharmonic Society (£16k), The Wethered Bequest (£16k) and Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra (£16k).