Ebbw Valley Brass

Analysis

Ebbw Valley Brass is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blaenau Gwent. It was registered in September 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ebbw Valley Brass reported income of £32k and spending of £34k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £53k to £32k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Ebbw Valley Brass sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of the Whitworth Art Gallery (£32k), Girlguiding Fleet Division (£32k) and Abingdon and District Musical Society (£32k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.