Saltaire Community Festival

Analysis

Saltaire Community Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05237882). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Saltaire Community Festival reported income of £39k and spending of £71k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £39k (+166%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Saltaire Community Festival sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 384th Bombardment Group Museum (£39k), The Frome Museum (£39k) and Ipswich Chamber Choir (£39k).