Frome Festival Limited

Analysis

Frome Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Frome. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04413366). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Frome Festival Limited reported income of £78k and spending of £77k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £57k to £78k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 70%. 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, Frome Festival Limited sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norwich Chamber Music (£78k), Aylesbury Multicultural Community Centre (£78k) and Worcestershire Heritage, Art and Museums (£78k).