Dunster Festival

Analysis

Dunster Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnet. It was registered in February 2021, 5 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Dunster Festival reported income of £35k and spending of £36k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £12k to £35k (+185%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Dunster Festival sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warwickshire Symphony Orchestra (£35k), Winchester Poetry Festival (£35k) and Kingswood Village Hall (£35k).