Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival

Analysis

Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Caerphilly. It was registered in January 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training 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 provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival reported income of £17k and spending of £17k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £21k to £17k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pilgrims Way River Way Community Association (£17k), Arts Alive Arts Trust (£17k) and Low Hesket Village Hall (£17k).