WERNETH CONCERT BAND

Registered charity 1119979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Werneth Concert Band accepts as playing members any woodwind, brass or percussion player of reasonable minimum ability (grade IV-V). No auditions are held. Players benefit from the tuition, practice and experience from playing in a wind band. Concerts are given for the general public, mainly in the Greater Manchester area and occasionally further afield. These concerts are either organised by the

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS.2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small operating deficit of £420 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £32,780 against total expenditure of £33,200. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £33,701, which is in excess of the stated minimum target of approximately £14,000 (six months' outgoings). The trustees note that running costs are expected to increase significantly following a rent review, but no actions are proposed in the short term to reduce funds to the minimum target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
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• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Werneth Concert Band (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID NICHOLAS BRADLEYchair
• Alex Huggon
• Clare Ridgway
• Jonathan Parkes
• Katherine Whittaker
• Natasha Whittaker
• RICHARD MARKHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Pannell
• Sarah Whitely

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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