Ryedale Festival Trust Ltd

Analysis

Ryedale Festival Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pickering. It was registered in December 2006, 20 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 05976080). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ryedale Festival Trust Ltd reported income of £440k and spending of £550k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £308k to £440k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Ryedale Festival Trust Ltd sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spanish Theatre Company (£439k), Tape Community Music and Film (£440k) and National Association for Gallery Education (£439k).