The Cory Band

Analysis

The Cory Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rhondda Cynon Taff. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cory Band reported income of £143k and spending of £185k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £155k to £143k (-7.7%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Cory Band sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sharpe's Pottery Heritage and Arts Trust Limited (£143k), The Royal Archaeological Institute (£143k) and Friends of Oystermouth Castle (£143k).