The Shaldon Festival

Analysis

The Shaldon Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2026, The Shaldon Festival reported income of £20k and spending of £18k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2022 to July 2026, income fell from £27k to £20k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Shaldon Festival sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Penkhull Village Brass (£20k), Snibston Heritage Trust (£20k) and Wickham Market Village Hall (£20k).