The Harrogate Competitive Festival for Music Speech and Drama

Analysis

The Harrogate Competitive Festival for Music Speech and Drama is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in November 1980, 46 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 provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Harrogate Competitive Festival for Music Speech and Drama reported income of £34k and spending of £22k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £11k to £34k (+196%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, The Harrogate Competitive Festival for Music Speech and Drama 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 Uttoxeter & District U3a (£34k), West Midlands Readers' Network (£34k) and Minerva Arts (£34k).