Bowness Theatre Festival Limited

Analysis

Bowness Theatre Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in August 2001, 25 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 04168289). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Bowness Theatre Festival Limited reported income of £301k and spending of £272k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £85k to £301k (+254%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 169%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Bowness Theatre Festival Limited sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Musicians' Collective Limited (£301k), The Huddersfield Choral Society (£302k) and Swindon and Cricklade Railway (£301k).