The Ripon City Festival Trust 1986

Analysis

The Ripon City Festival Trust 1986 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Ripon City Festival Trust 1986 reported income of £41k and spending of £50k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to October 2025, income grew from £20k to £41k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Ripon City Festival Trust 1986 sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol Photographic Society (£41k), Broughton Village Hall (£41k) and The Dales Special School Fund (£41k).