Band of Builders

Analysis

Band of Builders is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wisbech. It was registered in March 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Band of Builders reported income of £794k and spending of £775k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £454k to £794k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Band of Builders sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Abcd Charitable Trust (£794k), The Almshouses of John Isbury and Jacob Hardrett (£794k) and Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living Limited (£790k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 83% and trading 17%. Charitable activities took 59% of spending and raising funds 37%. Reserves of £213k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.