Stratford-On-Avon Music Festival

Analysis

Stratford-On-Avon Music Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stratford-Upon-Avon. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03164482). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Stratford-On-Avon Music Festival reported income of £13k and spending of £9,384, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £27k to £13k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 240%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Stratford-On-Avon Music Festival sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of West Mersea Parish Church (£13k), The Pastel Society Limited (£13k) and The Food Museum Charitable Trust (£13k).