Ilminster Literary Festival

Analysis

Ilminster Literary Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in October 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 provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ilminster Literary Festival reported income of £18k and spending of £20k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,554 to £18k (+141%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Ilminster Literary Festival sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Neots Players (£18k), Ashford Borough Museum Society (£18k) and Steeple Morden Village Hall (£18k).