The Grange Festival

Analysis

The Grange Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alresford. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09828929). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Grange Festival reported income of £4.0m and spending of £4.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £4.0m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Grange Festival sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (£4.0m), Kiln Theatre (£4.0m) and Grange Park Opera (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 50% and charitable activities 35%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £273k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £67k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.