Bideford Town Band

Analysis

Bideford Town Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bideford. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bideford Town Band reported income of £18k and spending of £24k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,611 to £18k (+587%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 343%. Over the whole period it spent 242% 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, Bideford Town Band sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Just Add Milk Productions CIO (£18k), The C.f.a. Voysey Society (£18k) and Folkestone Art Society (£18k).

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.