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Worcester Festival Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1095553WorcesterArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£37k2025-09-30
Spending£42ksame year
Spent / received112%5-year average
Size in its cause64th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2003Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Worcester Festival Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in January 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04512227). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Worcester Festival Ltd reported income of £37k and spending of £42k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £36k to £37k (+3.1%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Worcester Festival Ltd 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 Cantorion Menai (£37k), The Athenaeum (£37k) and Duxford Saturday Workshop Trust (£37k).

Income and spending

£0£14k£28k£42k£56k2021 Income: £36,0352021 Spending: £45,59020212022 Income: £45,2072022 Spending: £46,47520222023 Income: £40,0822023 Spending: £53,31020232024 Income: £55,7582024 Spending: £51,79820242025 Income: £37,1612025 Spending: £41,6312025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Cultural Education. The principal activity is the organisation of a festival known as the Worcester festival.

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Cantorion MenaiGwynedd£37k
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Duxford Saturday Workshop TrustCambridge£37k
Romsey Choral SocietyRomsey£37k