The Chichester City Band

Analysis

The Chichester City Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Chichester City Band reported income of £10k and spending of £12k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,538 to £10k (+8.2%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, The Chichester City Band sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spectra Ensemble (£10k), Teston Village Hall (£10k) and Bawtry Community Library Limited (£10k).

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.