Ryton and District Musical Festival Committee

Analysis

Ryton and District Musical Festival Committee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in May 1981, 45 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Ryton and District Musical Festival Committee reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £45k to £11k (-75%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 62% 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, Ryton and District Musical Festival Committee sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arts Society Kingston (£11k), Rhydycroesau Village Hall (£11k) and Orbit Theatre Limited (£11k).

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.