The Henley Festival Trust

Analysis

The Henley Festival Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Henley Festival Trust reported income of £4.6m and spending of £4.5m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £3.0m to £4.6m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Henley Festival Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Academy of St Martin in the Fields (£4.6m), Orange Tree Theatre Ltd (£4.6m) and Battersea Arts Centre (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, trading 18% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.9%. Reserves of £684k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.