Southwold Arts Festival

Analysis

Southwold Arts Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in March 2015, 11 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Southwold Arts Festival reported income of £31k and spending of £27k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £4 to £31k (+763825%), an average of +835% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 1227875%. 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, Southwold Arts Festival sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Street Orchestra Ltd (£31k), Lauderdale House Trust (£31k) and London City Singers (£31k).