The Harwich Festival

Analysis

The Harwich Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dovercourt. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Harwich Festival reported income of £84k and spending of £75k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £47k to £84k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Harwich Festival sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amersham Band (£84k), U3a University of the Third Age, Cheltenham Branch (£84k) and Weavers Adventure Playground Association (£84k).