Wantage Silver Band

Analysis

Wantage Silver Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06502002). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Wantage Silver Band reported income of £167k and spending of £137k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £259k to £167k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 63% 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, Wantage Silver Band sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Door People (£167k), The South Square Trust (£167k) and Barefoot Opera (£167k).