BRASS BANDS ENGLAND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 27 July 2012
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 08047535
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £727,797
Latest expenditure: £844,001
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Unit 12, Maple Estate, Stocks Lane, Barnsley

Website recorded by the regulator: www.brassbandsengland.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To maintain, improve and advance the education of the public through the promotion of the practise and performance of brass band music by representing and furthering the interests of the brass band sector in England.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £727,797
Total Gross Expenditure: £844,001

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 7 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 7 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £713,740
Total Gross Expenditure: £676,973

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 13 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 13 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £554,446
Total Gross Expenditure: £621,039

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 6 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 6 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £670,001
Total Gross Expenditure: £604,446

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 25 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 25 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £526,485
Total Gross Expenditure: £493,988

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 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £727,797
Total Gross Expenditure: £844,001
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: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 7 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £713,740
Total Gross Expenditure: £676,973
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: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 30

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 13 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £554,446
Total Gross Expenditure: £621,039
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: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 6 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £670,001
Total Gross Expenditure: £604,446
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £154,755
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 25 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £526,485
Total Gross Expenditure: £493,988
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £227,189
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 491431
Income Other Trading Activities: 68193
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 168173
Income Total Income And Endowments: 727797
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £9,579
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £819,506
Expenditure Other: 14916
Expenditure Total: 844001
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 3497
Expenditure Support Costs: 91717
Expenditure Depreciation: 7600
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 7600
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £6,267
Assets Total Fixed: 19731
Assets Own Use: 19731
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £155,479
Assets Total Liabilities: £168,943
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £6,267
Creditors One Year Total Current: 103943
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 65000
Assets Cash: £94,590
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: -6783
Funds Restricted: 13050
Funds Total: 6267
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 7 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 647082
Income Other Trading Activities: 66658
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 713740
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £11,689
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £665,284
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 676973
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 7065
Expenditure Support Costs: 7065
Expenditure Depreciation: 8559
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £65,553
Assets Total Fixed: 13056
Assets Own Use: 13056
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £188,840
Assets Total Liabilities: £79,425
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £122,471
Creditors One Year Total Current: 79425
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £114,550
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 65553
Funds Restricted: 56918
Funds Total: 122471
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 13 December 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 525092
Income Other Trading Activities: 29354
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 554446
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £528
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £620,511
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 621039
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 5593
Expenditure Support Costs: 5593
Expenditure Depreciation: 12676
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £66,857
Assets Total Fixed: 18358
Assets Own Use: 18358
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £152,207
Assets Total Liabilities: £84,861
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £85,704
Creditors One Year Total Current: 84861
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £114,033
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 66857
Funds Restricted: 18847
Funds Total: 85704
Count Employees: 11
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 6 February 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 633043
Income Other Trading Activities: 36958
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 670001
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £604,446
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 604446
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 10776
Expenditure Depreciation: 23220
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £69,698
Assets Total Fixed: 30406
Assets Own Use: 30406
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £257,542
Assets Total Liabilities: £135,651
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £152,297
Creditors One Year Total Current: 135651
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £188,766
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 81750
Funds Restricted: 70547
Funds Total: 152297
Count Employees: 10
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 25 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 501708
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 24777
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 526485
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £493,988
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 493988
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 2304
Expenditure Depreciation: 10883
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £54,796
Assets Total Fixed: 50191
Assets Own Use: 50191
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £220,055
Assets Total Liabilities: £183,504
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £86,742
Creditors One Year Total Current: 183504
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £183,479
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 54796
Funds Restricted: 31946
Funds Total: 86742
Count Employees: 6
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: BRASS BANDS ENGLAND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2012-07-27T00:00:00

Charity Name: BRASS BANDS ENGLAND
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2013-09-09T00:00:00
Assoc Organisation Number: 3943328
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1065181
Assoc Charity Name: THE BRITISH FEDERATION OF BRASS BANDS

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 APR 2012
Charitable Objects: TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF BRASS BAND MUSIC BY REPRESENTING AND FURTHERING THE INTERESTS OF THE BRASS BAND SECTOR IN ENGLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES COMPRISING OF ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BRASS BANDS

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures