Mid-Somerset Festival

Analysis

Mid-Somerset Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in May 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2026, Mid-Somerset Festival reported income of £49k and spending of £46k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income grew from £36k to £49k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Mid-Somerset Festival sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whittlesford Memorial Hall (£49k), Mayflower Performing Arts Group (£49k) and Old Hastings Preservation Society Limited (£49k).