Rainford Band

Analysis

Rainford Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in July 2001, 25 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 March 2025, Rainford Band reported income of £24k and spending of £28k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £24k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Rainford Band sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gemma Classical Music Trust (£24k), The Python Gallery (£24k) and Rhydymwyn War Memorial Institute (£24k).

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.