Glastonbury Competition has reported an increase in income after a robust yr that featured performances from international stars together with Dua Lipa and Shania Twain, enabling thousands and thousands of kilos to be channelled into charitable causes.
Accounts filed at Firms Home present that Glastonbury Competition Occasions Restricted, the working firm behind Glastonbury Competition, elevated revenues to £75.2 million within the yr to March 31, 2025, up from £68.4 million the earlier yr. Pre-tax income climbed to £7.7 million, in contrast with £5.9 million in 2024.
The outcomes relate to a competition yr that noticed Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA headline the Pyramid Stage, whereas Shania Twain took the coveted Sunday legends slot. The corporate additionally operates two smaller occasions on Worthy Farm – the Pilton Occasion and the Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza.
Regardless of the uplift in income, organisers stated they remained dedicated to retaining ticket costs as accessible as potential. An ordinary weekend ticket for the 2024 competition price £355, plus a £5 reserving price, with the enterprise stating that worth restraint stays a core precept.
A major proportion of Glastonbury’s income proceed to be directed in the direction of charitable causes. Through the 2025 monetary yr, the competition made donations of greater than £2.7 million, with whole funds exceeding £4.2 million distributed to greater than 300 organisations by December.
Beneficiaries included long-standing companions Oxfam, Greenpeace and WaterAid, alongside a £100,000 donation to Médecins Sans Frontières to help humanitarian efforts in Sudan and a surgical hospital in Amman serving sufferers from throughout the Center East.
The competition additionally backed a spread of native initiatives, together with major college enrichment programmes, eco-friendly farming initiatives and biodiversity schemes supported by organisations such because the Somerset Wildlife Belief and Shepton Mallet Neighborhood Woodland.
Led by founder Sir Michael Eavis on the age of 90, Glastonbury stays one of many UK’s most profitable cultural occasions, combining blockbuster musical performances with a long-standing dedication to environmental and humanitarian causes.
