Buxton Well Dressing Festival

Analysis

Buxton Well Dressing Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buxton. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Buxton Well Dressing Festival reported income of £21k and spending of £19k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1,859 to £21k (+1051%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 827%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Buxton Well Dressing Festival sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bme TV FM Charitable Foundation (£21k), Downton Band (£21k) and Shadforth Village Hall (£21k).