Buxton Arts Festival Limited

Analysis

Buxton Arts Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buxton. It was registered in December 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01393717). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Buxton Arts Festival Limited reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.0m (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Buxton Arts Festival Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Foundling Museum (£2.0m), The Regent (Christchurch) Limited (£2.0m) and National Landscapes Association (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56% and donations and legacies 43%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £750k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.