Purbeck Art Weeks Festival
Analysis
Purbeck Art Weeks Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in February 2011, 15 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.
In the financial year ending September 2025, Purbeck Art Weeks Festival reported income of £107k and spending of £113k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £54k to £107k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Purbeck Art Weeks Festival sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bury St Edmunds Heritage Trust (£107k), The Calder Theatre Bookshop (£107k) and Southwold Museum & Historical Society (£107k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The PAW Festival aims to encourage appreciation of the arts across the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset area by staging a wide range of performances and art exhibitions. It encourages and promotes artists who live or work in Purbeck . We want to encourage younger people, support emerging artists, be adventurous and stimulate as well as inform as wide an audience as possible.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Bury St Edmunds Heritage Trust | Bury St. Edmunds | £107k |
| The Calder Theatre Bookshop | London | £107k |
| Southwold Museum & Historical Society | Southwold | £107k |
| Urie Locomotive Society Limited | Liphook | £107k |