Malmesbury Carnival

Analysis

Malmesbury Carnival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Malmesbury. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Malmesbury Carnival reported income of £50k and spending of £49k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £32k to £50k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Malmesbury Carnival sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% 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 Barton Junior Football Club (£50k), Stevington Village Hall (£50k) and Princes Risborough Young Farmers Club (£50k).