Bollington Festival

Analysis

Bollington Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04819935). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Bollington Festival reported income of £12k and spending of £5,303, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1,252 to £12k (+893%), an average of +78% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 488%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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, Bollington Festival sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings (£12k), Billericay Choral Society (£12k) and Hathern Community Library (£12k).