The Beaminster Festival and the Friends of the Beaminster Festival

Analysis

The Beaminster Festival and the Friends of the Beaminster Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in November 2015, 11 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Beaminster Festival and the Friends of the Beaminster Festival reported income of £99k and spending of £99k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £99k (+364%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, The Beaminster Festival and the Friends of the Beaminster Festival sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rutland Musical Theatre (£99k), The Hepworth Silver Prize Band (£99k) and Canterbury Choral Society (£99k).