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Bewdley Festival Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 701629WorcestershireArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£86k2025-12-31
Spending£77ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause77th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1989Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bewdley Festival Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02388535). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bewdley Festival Limited reported income of £86k and spending of £77k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £85k to £86k (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Bewdley Festival Limited sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hops (Harrogate Operatic Players) Musical Theatre Company (£86k), The Plantation Garden Preservation Trust (£86k) and Dereham Theatre Company (£86k).

Income and spending

£0£28k£55k£83k£111k2021 Income: £85,0322021 Spending: £77,35920212022 Income: £75,1632022 Spending: £72,42720222023 Income: £91,8202023 Spending: £86,17820232024 Income: £94,4752024 Spending: £110,81520242025 Income: £85,6152025 Spending: £76,7642025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BEWDLEY BY THE PROMOTION OF PLAYS AND OTHER FORMS OF ART. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL FOR NINE DAYS EACH OCTOBER.

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Hops (Harrogate Operatic Players) Musical Theatre CompanyHarrogate£86k
The Plantation Garden Preservation TrustNorwich£86k
Dereham Theatre CompanyNorfolk£86k
Kent Archaeological SocietyKent£86k