Bournemouth Carnival Band

Analysis

Bournemouth Carnival Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in February 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Bournemouth Carnival Band reported income of £10k and spending of £8,012, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £36 to £10k (+28894%), an average of +313% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 27233%. 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, Bournemouth Carnival Band sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Widford Village Hall (£10k), Dance Kaleidoscope (£10k) and Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (£10k).