DULWICH FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1048164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dulwich Festival makes a broad variety of artistic and cultural events available to the whole Dulwich community.

Objects

(A)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ARTS (B)THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE, IN THE PROVISION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOOCIAL WELFARE, OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, PHYSICAL EDUCATION OR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH THOSE PERSONS HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£115k

Latest spending

£105k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £49,252 to £60,122, resulting in a net income of £10,870 for the year. The charity maintains retained funds of £61,622, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £30,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £30,000 (reserves figure: £60k)

“In 2025, the reserves were set at £30,000 to ensure the viability of a festival with a core team that can be funded.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £8,224 — grants £8,224 (1); 7% of the £115,391 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £7,950 — grants £7,950 (1); 7% of the £118,779 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 120
Government income: £8,250 — grants £8,250 (1); 7% of the £126,578 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

ANNE ELIZABETH COATES
Bruno Guillaume
David John Lane
Joanna Salter
Katrina Elizabeth Simonoff Collins
Nina Lesley O'Sullivan
Palash Dave
Sara Marianne Rayment

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£115k	£105k
31/12/2024	£119k	£106k
31/12/2023	£127k	£120k
31/12/2022	£88k	£82k
31/12/2021	£12k	£18k

Common questions

Is DULWICH FESTIVAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £49,252 to £60,122, resulting in a net income of £10,870 for the year. The charity maintains retained funds of £61,622, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £30,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£2k	Grant to Dulwich Festival
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£2k	Grant to Dulwich Festival
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£2k	Grant to Dulwich Festival
London Borough of Southwark	31/03/2024	£3k	Grant to Dulwich Festival

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	1	£30k
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	1	£5k
WHITAKER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE TUDWICK FOUNDATION	1	£3k
GERALD FINZI TRUST	1	£3k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DULWICH SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DULWICH FESTIVAL	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DULWICH SOCIETY FY2025	£35k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HARWICH FESTIVAL FY2025	£84k	£20,991	unclear	—	no doubt
NUNEATON FESTIVAL OF ARTS FY2025	£36k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL FY2025	£208k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FESTIVAL MEDICAL SERVICES FY2025	£654k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.