Blackburn and Darwen Band

Analysis

Blackburn and Darwen Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Darwen. It was registered in January 2016, 10 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, Blackburn and Darwen Band reported income of £63k and spending of £63k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,304 to £63k (+662%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 458%. 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, Blackburn and Darwen Band sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Brass 2000 (£63k), Union Dance Trust Limited (£63k) and Gathering Voices Limited (£63k).

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.