The Anchormen Drum and Bugle Corps

Analysis

The Anchormen Drum and Bugle Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in May 1985, 41 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 buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Anchormen Drum and Bugle Corps reported income of £29k and spending of £32k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £29k (+4.7%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Anchormen Drum and Bugle Corps sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include State of Trust (£29k), Pirton Village Hall (£29k) and The Colton Village Hall - Colton (£29k).

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.