Stockport Schools' Brass Bands

Analysis

Stockport Schools' Brass Bands is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in July 2011, 15 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 services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Stockport Schools' Brass Bands reported income of £23k and spending of £18k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £13k to £23k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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, Stockport Schools' Brass Bands sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arts Society South East Suffolk (£23k), Merry Men Youth Sport Partnership (£23k) and Rainbow Film Society (£23k).