Haslemere Festival

Analysis

Haslemere Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in July 2004, 22 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 04918368). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Haslemere Festival reported income of £91k and spending of £74k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £49k to £91k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 637%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Haslemere Festival sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (£91k), The Lewisham Choral Society (£91k) and The People's Theatre Company (£91k).