Cornwall Film Festival

Analysis

Cornwall Film Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in October 2008, 18 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 05186603). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cornwall Film Festival reported income of £51k and spending of £58k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £43k to £51k (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, Cornwall Film Festival sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newbury Nomads (£50k), Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd (£51k) and British Isles Music Festival (£50k).