Skelmersdale Prize Band

Analysis

Skelmersdale Prize Band is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in March 1979, 47 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Skelmersdale Prize Band reported income of £13k and spending of £16k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £18k to £13k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Skelmersdale Prize Band sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spout Yard Park Management Trust Limited (£13k), Sinfonia Tamesa (£13k) and The Penrith Singers (£13k).