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Glastonbury Festival reports higher profits
Glastonbury Festival has reported an increase in profits following a strong 2024 edition, enabling a higher level of funding to be directed towards charitable causes.
Accounts filed at Companies House show that Glastonbury Festival Events Limited, the operating company behind the UK festival, increased revenues to £75.2 million for the year ending March 31, 2025, up from £68.4 million the previous year. Pre-tax profits rose to £7.7 million, compared with £5.9 million in 2024.
The results relate to a festival year that featured headline performances from Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA on the Pyramid Stage, with Shania Twain appearing in the Sunday legends slot. The company also runs two smaller events on Worthy Farm: the Pilton Party and the Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza.
Despite the increase in revenue, organisers said they remain focused on keeping ticket prices as accessible as possible. A standard weekend ticket for the 2024 festival was priced at £355 plus a £5 booking fee, with price restraint described as a continuing core principle of the event.
Charitable giving remains a central part of the festival’s business model. During the 2025 financial year, Glastonbury made donations of more than £2.7 million, with total payments exceeding £4.2 million distributed to more than 300 organisations by December.
Recipients included long-standing partners Oxfam, Greenpeace and WaterAid, as well as a £100,000 donation to Médecins Sans Frontières to support humanitarian work in Sudan and a surgical hospital in Amman serving patients from across the Middle East.
The festival also supported a range of local initiatives, including primary school enrichment programmes, environmentally focused farming projects and biodiversity schemes in partnership with regional organisations such as the Somerset Wildlife Trust and Shepton Mallet Community Woodland.
Founded by Sir Michael Eavis, now aged 90, Glastonbury Festival continues to combine large-scale live music programming with long-standing commitments to environmental, local and humanitarian causes.