Glastonbury Festival has reported that profits more than doubled last year, as it faces criticism for being too “corporate”.
The festival, based in Pilton, Somerset, brought in £5.9m in pre-tax profits for the year to March 2024 – up from £2.9m the year before.
During the same period, the event also donated £5.2m to charitable organisations including Oxfam, Greenpeace and WaterAid.
A spokesperson for the festival said “successful, dry Glastonburys in both 2023 and 2024” had helped to “rebuild the event’s vital financial reserves”.
