Lichfield Festival Limited

Analysis

Lichfield Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lichfield. It was registered in January 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01592012). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lichfield Festival Limited reported income of £518k and spending of £496k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £346k to £518k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 22%. 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, Lichfield Festival Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pegasus Theatre Trust (£517k), The Harley Foundation (£518k) and The National Youth Jazz Orchestra Ltd (£516k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 50% and charitable activities 49%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,583. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £155k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.