The Steepholmers Shanty Band

Analysis

The Steepholmers Shanty Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Weston-Super-Mare. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The Steepholmers Shanty Band reported income of £19k and spending of £17k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from January 2023 to January 2025, income fell from £19k to £19k (-1.6%), an average of -0.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, The Steepholmers Shanty Band sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Commonwealth Youth Orchestra and Choir (£19k), The Scottish Piping Society of London Trust (£19k) and Docomomo.uk (£19k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.