Bloomsbury Festival

Analysis

Bloomsbury Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 07977987). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bloomsbury Festival reported income of £191k and spending of £195k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £244k to £191k (-21%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Bloomsbury Festival sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Earthlinks UK (£191k), Charnwood Arts (£191k) and St Nazaire Raid Memorial Trust (£191k).