Garstang and District Children's Whitsuntide Festival

Analysis

Garstang and District Children's Whitsuntide Festival is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in November 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Garstang and District Children's Whitsuntide Festival reported income of £19k and spending of £19k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £827 to £19k (+2139%), an average of +118% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 2858%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Garstang and District Children's Whitsuntide Festival sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swansea Male Choir (£19k), Jordans Music Club (£19k) and The Chronicle Theatre Company Ltd (£18k).