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The Canterbury Festival Foundation

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1097824CanterburyArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£37k2025-03-31
Spending£40ksame year
Spent / received133%5-year average
Size in its cause63rd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2003Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Canterbury Festival Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in June 2003, 23 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 04504231). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Canterbury Festival Foundation reported income of £37k and spending of £40k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £32k to £37k (+15%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 133% 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 Canterbury Festival Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% 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 Oakfield Association of Friends (£37k), Yaxham Village Amenities Association (£37k) and Mickleton Village Hall Association (£37k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£15k£29k£44k£59k2021 Income: £31,9292021 Spending: £53,91320212022 Income: £33,3802022 Spending: £53,34520222023 Income: £52,1682023 Spending: £58,71720232024 Income: £32,8492024 Spending: £43,14920242025 Income: £36,8552025 Spending: £39,5112025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To promote and support the charitable purposes of the Canterbury Theatre & Festival Trust, and to apply the income and, at the discretion of the Directors, the capital of the Foundation, to or for the benefit of the Festival.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Oakfield Association of FriendsLondon£37k
Yaxham Village Amenities AssociationNorfolk£37k
Mickleton Village Hall AssociationCounty Durham£37k
Honiton Community Theatre CompanyDevon£37k