Agatha Christie Festival Limited

Analysis

Agatha Christie Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torquay. It was registered in February 2016, 10 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 company (Companies House number 09245332). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Agatha Christie Festival Limited reported income of £131k and spending of £143k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £131k (+767%), an average of +72% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 340%. 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, Agatha Christie Festival Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Senhouse Museum Trust (£131k), The Francis W Reckitt Arts Trust (£131k) and The Portsmouth Players (£131k).