Manchester Literature Festival

Analysis

Manchester Literature Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 2007, 19 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 04369668). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Manchester Literature Festival reported income of £248k and spending of £237k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £221k to £248k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Manchester Literature Festival sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peterborough Sings! (£248k), Saxmundham Art Station (£248k) and Howbury Friends (£248k).