The Deal Memorial Bandstand Trust

Analysis

The Deal Memorial Bandstand Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Deal. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Deal Memorial Bandstand Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £32k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £5,849 to £43k (+642%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 450%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Deal Memorial Bandstand Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Lowther Pavilion (£43k), Friends of the Tenth (£43k) and Oxford Symphony Orchestra (£43k).