Hastings Musical Festival Limited

Analysis

Hastings Musical Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hastings. It was registered in July 1970, 56 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 00167243). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Hastings Musical Festival Limited reported income of £66k and spending of £67k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £397k to £66k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Hastings Musical Festival Limited sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Stourbridge Amateur Operatic Society (£66k), Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir (£66k) and Acton Amateur Operatic Society (£66k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.