British Isles Music Festival

Analysis

British Isles Music Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haslemere. It was registered in July 2012, 14 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 company (Companies House number 08040229). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, British Isles Music Festival reported income of £50k and spending of £56k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £150 to £50k (+33563%), an average of +328% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 45975%. 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, British Isles Music Festival sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% 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 Concerts in the West (£50k), Newbury Nomads (£50k) and Pharos Trust (£50k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.