Richmond Walking and Book Festival

Analysis

Richmond Walking and Book Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Richmond. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Richmond Walking and Book Festival reported income of £21k and spending of £17k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £27k to £21k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Richmond Walking and Book Festival sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Herefordshire Shopmobility Project (£21k), Hope of Bethesda (£21k) and Kathodra Welfare Trust (£21k).