Winchester Poetry Festival
Analysis
Winchester Poetry Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Winchester Poetry Festival reported income of £35k and spending of £59k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £51k to £35k (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, Winchester Poetry Festival sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dunster Festival (£35k), Men Behaving Dadly (£35k) and Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra (£35k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The first major festival in the south of England dedicated to poetry.It is intended to celebrate poetry within a civic environment in order to ensure the widest possible degree of public awareness and enjoyment.The festival aims to establish a structure, style and necessary partnerships for it to become a biennial event after the inaugural festival of 2014.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Dunster Festival | Barnet | £35k |
| Men Behaving Dadly | Oldham | £35k |
| Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra | Warwickshire | £35k |
| Bois Goetre-Hen A'r Cylch | Maesteg | £35k |