Cockermouth Mechanics Band

Analysis

Cockermouth Mechanics Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cockermouth Mechanics Band reported income of £21k and spending of £18k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £21k (-4.9%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Cockermouth Mechanics Band sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llandegla Memorial Hall and Recreation Ground (£21k), Firbeck Village Hall (£21k) and Keele Bach Choir (£21k).