The Festival Players, Cambridge

Analysis

The Festival Players, Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in November 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Festival Players, Cambridge reported income of £64k and spending of £56k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £92 to £64k (+69650%), an average of +414% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 38759%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Festival Players, Cambridge sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redbourn Village Hall (£64k), Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green (£64k) and Waterlooville U3a (£64k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.