Greenbelt Festivals

Analysis

Greenbelt Festivals is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01812893). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Greenbelt Festivals reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £857k to £2.5m (+191%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Greenbelt Festivals 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bradford Cyrenians Limited (£2.5m), Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre (£2.5m) and Marches Energy Advice (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 43%, donations and legacies 32%, trading 16% and investments 9.3%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £29k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.