LAUNCESTON TOWN BAND

Registered charity 1130107 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Learning and playing brass instruments and percussion. Taking part in civic ceremonies, contests, carnivals and concerts, as well as informal outdoor events.

Objects

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE BAND ("THE OBJECTIVE") SHALL BE TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND PRACTICE OF BRASS BAND MUSIC, AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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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Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£43k

Latest spending

£23k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £21,202 and restricted reserves of £12,800, resulting in total funds of £34,002. The trustees report a healthy cash balance and confirm there are no material uncertainties 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £250 — grants £250 (1); under 1% of the £43,475 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 30
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £2,665 — grants £2,665 (2); 14% of the £19,715 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ANN BROWN
Brian John Hogan
Thomas Michael Warne · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£43k	£23k
31/12/2024	£23k	£18k
31/12/2023	£20k	£20k
31/12/2022	£12k	£15k
31/12/2021	£21k	£36k

Common questions

Is LAUNCESTON TOWN BAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £21,202 and restricted reserves of £12,800, resulting in total funds of £34,002. The trustees report a healthy cash balance and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LAUNCESTON TOWN BAND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LAUNCESTON TOWN BAND as a grant recipient include BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k	Kitchen appliances for this brass band offering events for older and vulnerable people.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/08/2025	£17k	Kitchen roof replacement
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/02/2023	£5k	LTB Kitchen and Instruments
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/03/2021	£6k	Lanson Town Band
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/12/2020	£4k	Renovate Launceston Town Band Hall
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/09/2007	£7k	"A Project By A Launceston Group To Make Improvements To Their Hall. The Grant Will Be Spent On Installing An Electrical System, Kitchen Unit"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC	1	£5k
COOPERS CHARITY CIO	1	£2k
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PORTHLEVEN TOWN BAND.

PORTHLEVEN TOWN BAND income £92k
THE STANNINGTON BRASS BAND income £43k
THE BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND income £234k
MACCLESFIELD YOUTH BRASS BAND income £44k
NCBF income £47k
EAST LONDON COMMUNITY BAND income £57k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LAUNCESTON TOWN BAND	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PORTHLEVEN TOWN BAND FY2025	£92k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STANNINGTON BRASS BAND FY2025	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND FY2025	£234k	—	above	—	no doubt
MACCLESFIELD YOUTH BRASS BAND FY2025	£44k	—	above	—	no doubt
NCBF FY2025	£47k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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