International Friends of the International Lyric Art Festival

Analysis

International Friends of the International Lyric Art Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2012, 14 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, International Friends of the International Lyric Art Festival reported income of £388k and spending of £407k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £611k to £388k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, International Friends of the International Lyric Art Festival sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fenwick Charitable Trust (£388k), Bath Arts Workshop Limited (£389k) and UK Friends of Yale University Limited (£388k).

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.