Bath Festivals

Analysis

Bath Festivals is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02319269). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bath Festivals reported income of £578k and spending of £623k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £578k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Bath Festivals sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eastside Educational Trust (£577k), The Annals of Botany Company (£578k) and Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft (£577k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 41%, charitable activities 30% and trading 25%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 2 people.