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NEWBURY SPRING FESTIVAL SOCIETY, LTD

Registered charity 284622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To bring to the people of West Berkshire and North Hampshire a programme of music covering the classical and contemporary at affordable prices, and to offer a free education programme to local children.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AN APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS.

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: West Berkshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£629k
Latest spending
£590k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £39,178 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income of £628,987 against expenditure of £589,809. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £217,054, which is below the stated initial target of £300,000, though the trustees consider this level adequate to cover shortfalls and maintain operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: initial target to reach £300,000 (reserves figure: £217k)
“The Trustees consider that ideally the level of reserves should be at a higher level than currently, and will look to increase them over a period of time with an initial target to reach £300,000.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant from Friends of Newbury Spring Festival
“Friends of Newbury Spring Festival paid over a grant of £35,000 during the period (2024: £38,000).” — page 26
“Mr A McKenzie, a Trustee, is also a director of The Vineyard at Stockcross. During the year, the Charity paid expenses of £4,131 (2024: £3,333) to The Vineyard at Stockcross for meals and refreshments for a concert.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to The Vineyard at Stockcross (Trustee A McKenzie is director)
“Friends of Newbury Spring Festival paid over a grant of £35,000 during the period (2024: £38,000).” — page 26
“Mr A McKenzie, a Trustee, is also a director of The Vineyard at Stockcross. During the year, the Charity paid expenses of £4,131 (2024: £3,333) to The Vineyard at Stockcross for meals and refreshments for a concert.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
“Friends of Newbury Spring Festival paid over a grant of £35,000 during the period (2024: £38,000).” — page 26
“Mr A McKenzie, a Trustee, is also a director of The Vineyard at Stockcross. During the year, the Charity paid expenses of £4,131 (2024: £3,333) to The Vineyard at Stockcross for meals and refreshments for a concert.” — page 26
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.

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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 35

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 35

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 40

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£629k
Total spending
£590k
Cost of raising funds
£116
Reserves (reported)
£217k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£629k£590k
30/09/2024£552k£542k
30/09/2023£497k£488k
30/09/2022£467k£466k
30/09/2021£401k£397k

Common questions

Is NEWBURY SPRING FESTIVAL SOCIETY, LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £39,178 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income of £628,987 against expenditure of £589,809. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £217,054, which is below the stated initial target of £300,000, though the trustees consider this level adequate to cover shortfalls and maintain operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NEWBURY SPRING FESTIVAL SOCIETY, LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEWBURY SPRING FESTIVAL SOCIETY, LTD as a grant recipient include THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST, COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/02/2008£7kCommunity Parade

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 SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£1.1m
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£500k
WSH FOUNDATION1£250k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION1£150k
The Crerar Family Trust1£60k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST1£30k
THE INNHOLDERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£23k
THE RAYNE TRUST1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF NEWBURY SPRING FESTIVAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEWBURY SPRING FESTIVAL SOCIETY, LTD£629k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF NEWBURY SPRING FESTIVAL FY2025£35k—0above—no doubt
SALZBURG EASTER FESTIVAL FOUNDATION FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
FESTIVAL MEDICAL SERVICES FY2025£654k—0above—no doubt
NORTH NORFOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL FY2025£111k——above—no doubt
THE SPRING CHARITY FY2025£140k—0below—no doubt

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