Woodley Festival of Music and Arts

Analysis

Woodley Festival of Music and Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in October 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Woodley Festival of Music and Arts reported income of £29k and spending of £26k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £2,246 to £29k (+1182%), an average of +89% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 764%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Woodley Festival of Music and Arts sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Elysian Singers of London (£29k), Casa Theatre Festival Limited (£29k) and Ousden Village Hall and Playing Fields (£29k).