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Rockhampton Folk Festival

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1201317BristolArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£15k2025-12-31
Spending£17ksame year
Spent / received103%3-year average
Size in its cause42nd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2022CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Rockhampton Folk Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rockhampton Folk Festival reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £9,020 to £15k (+70%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Rockhampton Folk Festival sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Langton Herring Village Hall (£15k), Friends of Havering Music School (£15k) and Preston Candover Village Hall (£15k).

Income and spending

£0£4,128£8,256£12k£17k2023 Income: £9,0202023 Spending: £10,50920232024 Income: £13,6142024 Spending: £11,95920242025 Income: £15,3102025 Spending: £16,5122025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN, AND TO PROMOTE THEIR APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS, BY MEANS OF, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: THE PROVISION OF AN ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL AND OTHER ASSOCIATED EVENTS; THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS FURTHERING THE SAME PURPOSE.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Langton Herring Village HallDorset£15k
Friends of Havering Music SchoolHornchurch£15k
Preston Candover Village HallHampshire£15k
Sheffield Lyceum Theatre Trust LimitedSheffield£15k