Hastings Storytelling Festival

Analysis

Hastings Storytelling Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Hastings Storytelling Festival reported income of £65k and spending of £70k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £50k to £65k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Hastings Storytelling Festival sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wordsworth Conference Foundation (£65k), Victoria Hall Performing Arts Association (£65k) and The Gordon Russell Trust (£65k).