Beckenham Festival (Music, Speech and Drama, Stage Dancing)

Analysis

Beckenham Festival (Music, Speech and Drama, Stage Dancing) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in August 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Beckenham Festival (Music, Speech and Drama, Stage Dancing) reported income of £34k and spending of £41k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £93 to £34k (+36531%), an average of +338% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 26671%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Beckenham Festival (Music, Speech and Drama, Stage Dancing) sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gwyl Fel 'na Mai Cyf (£34k), Horsham Symphony Orchestra (£34k) and Richard Jefferies Museum Trust (£34k).