Sussex Festival of Dance and Song

Analysis

Sussex Festival of Dance and Song is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shoreham-By-Sea. It was registered in October 2010, 16 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 07311337). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Sussex Festival of Dance and Song reported income of £56k and spending of £35k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £80 to £56k (+70410%), an average of +415% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 60392%. Over the whole period it spent 71% 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, Sussex Festival of Dance and Song sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes (£56k), The Surrey County Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (£56k) and Boughton Under Blean Village Hall (£56k).