Cornwall Music Festival

Analysis

Cornwall Music Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in October 1983, 43 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 September 2025, Cornwall Music Festival reported income of £12k and spending of £15k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £3,605 to £12k (+228%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, Cornwall Music Festival sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carlisle Music Society (£12k), Syston Arts and Recreation in the Community (Saric) (£12k) and Thanet Chamber Choir (£12k).

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.