The Festival Welfare Services Trust

Analysis

The Festival Welfare Services Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2022, The Festival Welfare Services Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £23k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2022, income fell from £70k to £17k (-76%), an average of -76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Festival Welfare Services Trust 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 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northern Lights (£17k), St Anne's Church of England Primary School Parent Teacher Friends Association (£17k) and Holt Cool Cats Out of School Club (£17k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.