Tredegar Town Band Society

Analysis

Tredegar Town Band Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gwent. It was registered in January 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Tredegar Town Band Society reported income of £84k and spending of £86k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £46k to £84k (+82%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Tredegar Town Band Society sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include U3a University of the Third Age, Cheltenham Branch (£84k), Harting Community Hall Trust (£84k) and The Harwich Festival (£84k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.