Hurst Festival

Analysis

Hurst Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hassocks. It was registered in January 2009, 17 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hurst Festival reported income of £50k and spending of £52k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £71k to £50k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Hurst 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 City and County of Swansea Welsh Church Act Fund (£50k), The Arts Society Royal Leamington Spa (£50k) and Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre (£50k).