SWINTON AND DISTRICT EXCELSIOR BAND

Registered charity 509054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To educate the public in the art and sciences, and in particular the arts and sciences of music, in the presentation of concerts and other activities.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF MUSIC, IN THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: SWINTON AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£17k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remained financially stable with income of £28,204.57 and expenditure of £14,452.91 for the year. Free reserves stood at £30,507.93, which the trustees aim to maintain to ensure continued operation and future projects. The filing notes no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2026

  • Volunteers: 80
  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 6% of the £17,231 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

  • Volunteers: 60
  • Government income: £2,550 — grants £2,550 (2); 14% of the £17,615 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Swinton & District Excelsior Band (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2026£17k£12k
31/01/2025£27k£14k
31/01/2024£18k£12k
31/01/2023£14k£12k
31/01/2022£13k£17k

Common questions

Is SWINTON AND DISTRICT EXCELSIOR BAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remained financially stable with income of £28,204.57 and expenditure of £14,452.91 for the year. Free reserves stood at £30,507.93, which the trustees aim to maintain to ensure continued operation and future projects. The filing notes no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Crowdfunder15/12/2022£7kLocal Action Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION1£5k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SWINTON AND DISTRICT EXCELSIOR BAND£17k—0unclear—no doubt
TEDDINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY FY2025£45k—0unclear—no doubt
HYDE BAND FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND FY2025£234k—0above—no doubt
EXAUDI FY2024£154k—0within—no doubt
WINCHESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.