Harrogate International Festival Limited

Analysis

Harrogate International Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in September 1965, 61 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 company (Companies House number 00858029). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Harrogate International Festival Limited reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £688k to £1.2m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Harrogate International Festival Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust Limited (£1.2m), The Radlett Centre Trust (£1.2m) and Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, donations and legacies 15%, investments 2.6% and trading 2.2%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Reserves of £729k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.