The City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Brass Band

Analysis

The City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Brass Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Brass Band reported income of £41k and spending of £33k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £41k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 City of Cardiff (Melingriffith) Brass Band sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The David and Claudia Harding Foundation (£41k), The Mills Williams Foundation (£41k) and The Arts Society Solihull (£41k).