Drybrook and District Silver Band

Analysis

Drybrook and District Silver Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Drybrook and District Silver Band reported income of £24k and spending of £25k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £33k to £24k (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Drybrook and District Silver 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 Cor Meibion Pontypridd (Pontypridd Male Choir) (£24k), The Durning Library (£24k) and The 5bel Charitable Trust (£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.