Festival Drayton Centre

Analysis

Festival Drayton Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Market Drayton. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07100599). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Festival Drayton Centre reported income of £176k and spending of £233k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £90k to £176k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 136% 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, Festival Drayton Centre sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Priddy Folk Festival (£175k), 6880 Betton Grange (Society) Limited (£176k) and Sef Cymru (£175k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.