Hertfordshire Band Academy

Analysis

Hertfordshire Band Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in March 2000, 26 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 human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hertfordshire Band Academy reported income of £38k and spending of £28k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £38k (+201%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 226%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Hertfordshire Band Academy sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation (£38k), Hertford Symphony Orchestra (£38k) and Cresswell Pele Tower (£38k).