Menai Bridge Band Porthaethwy

Analysis

Menai Bridge Band Porthaethwy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bangor. It was registered in April 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Menai Bridge Band Porthaethwy reported income of £28k and spending of £30k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £35k to £28k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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, Menai Bridge Band Porthaethwy sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Airedale Symphony Orchestra (£28k), Cambridge Handel Opera Company (£28k) and St Hugh's Foundation for the Arts (£28k).

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.