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THE GUITING MUSIC FESTIVAL

Registered charity 1183151 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organisation of an annual music festival bringing talented performers to a rural audience.

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Latest income
£133k
Latest spending
£107k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that ticket sales grew by just under 20% and the surplus increased by just over 40% for the period. The charity maintains reserves at current levels to safeguard the future of the Festival. All activities are carried out by volunteers, and the charity does not make grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“We had a superb line up this year and our ticket sales grew by just under 20% and our surplus by just over 40%.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: To maintain at current levels so as to safeguard the future of the Festival.
“To maintain at current levels so as to safeguard the future of the Festival.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£133k£107k
31/08/2024£123k£115k
31/08/2023£97k£89k
31/08/2022£88k£73k
31/08/2021£45k£56k

Common questions

Is THE GUITING MUSIC FESTIVAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that ticket sales grew by just under 20% and the surplus increased by just over 40% for the period. The charity maintains reserves at current levels to safeguard the future of the Festival. All activities are carried out by volunteers, and the charity does not make grants.

Who funds THE GUITING MUSIC FESTIVAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GUITING MUSIC FESTIVAL as a grant recipient include THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NOTGROVE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£13k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2024£12k
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£8k
THE CHARLOTTE HEBER-PERCY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2025£0

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MARCHUS TRUST3£13k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION2£7k
Laidlaw Opera Trust1£458k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION1£98k
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST1£72k
THE LINBURY TRUST1£50k
THE JOHN BOOTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£25k
THE BAND TRUST1£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION & FESTIVALS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE GUITING MUSIC FESTIVAL£133k—0unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION & FESTIVALS FY2024£231k—0below—no doubt
THE GRANGE FESTIVAL FY2025£4.0m£60,001 - £70,000—unclear—no doubt
THE WINDSOR FESTIVAL SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£215k—0unclear—no doubt
KEYNSHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION LTD FY2024£105k—0unclear—noted
LONDON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt

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