01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 10 May 2011
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025
- Latest income
- £225,260
- Latest expenditure
- £182,258
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 19 Thurlestone Road, SWINDON, SN3 1EQ
Website recorded by the regulator: flowers.band (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
One of the UK's leading Brass Bands.The band performs concerts, outside engagements and participates in contests. The band aims to promotes the art of Brass Bands to the public and the younger generations alongside encouraging music education and development to band members and externally.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 August 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £225,260
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £182,258
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 August 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £186,183
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £164,118
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 August 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 August 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £181,700
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £177,981
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 July 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £157,411
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £150,356
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 August 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £62,381
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £70,479
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £225,260
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £182,258
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 32
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 27 August 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £186,183
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £164,118
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 32
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 August 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £181,700
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £177,981
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 28 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £157,411
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £150,356
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 19
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 November 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 12 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £62,381
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £70,479
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 16
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- FLOWERS BAND
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Removed
- Date Of Event
- 2015-04-09T00:00:00
- Reason
- Does not operate
- Charity Name
- FLOWERS BAND
- Charity Event Order
- 4
- Event Type
- Removed
- Date Of Event
- 2016-04-09T00:00:00
- Reason
- Does not operate
- Charity Name
- FLOWERS BAND
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2011-05-10T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- FLOWERS BAND
- Charity Event Order
- 5
- Event Type
- Re-registered
- Date Of Event
- 2016-04-27T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- FLOWERS BAND
- Charity Event Order
- 3
- Event Type
- Re-registered
- Date Of Event
- 2015-04-22T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17/11/2010AS AMENDED ON 05/05/2011
- Charitable Objects
- THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS')ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THEPUBLIC IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BRASS BAND MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PROVISION OF PUBLICCONCERTS AND TRAINING OF PERSONS IN THE STUDY AND PLAYING OF BRASS BAND INSTRUMENTS.
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management