Thaxted Festival Foundation

Analysis

Thaxted Festival Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 1987, 39 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 02101271). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Thaxted Festival Foundation reported income of £171k and spending of £184k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £71k to £171k (+141%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Thaxted Festival Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridge Chinese Community Centre (£171k), Forest Forge Theatre Company (£171k) and Border Crossings Company Limited (£171k).