Great Western Youth and Brunel Brass Bands

Registered charity 1130127 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREAT WESTERN YOUTH BAND

PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL TO TRAIN CHILDREN IN PLAYING IN A BRASS BAND AND DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS AND TALENTS TO PERFORM IN GROUPS OF VARYING ABILITY WHICH WILL INCLUDE PERFORMING IN CONCERTS AND COMPETITIONS.

Objects

A) PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, ENJOYMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT OF MUSICAL EXCELLENCE AMONGSTYOUNG PEOPLE UP TO AND INCLUDING THE AGE OF 21, THROUGH THE PLAYING OF BRASS ANDPERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS BROADLY IN THE STYLE OF A TRADITIONAL BRASS BAND.B) ENTERTAIN AND PROMOTE MUSIC TO A WIDE VARIETY OF AUDIENCES AND BY DOING SO CREATESTRONG LINKS WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.C) PROVIDE A STREAM OF YOUNG BRASS AND PERCUSSION PLAYERS INTO THE BRASS BAND MOVEMENT.D) ASSIST AND SUPPORT SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROMTIME 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £11,200 in unrestricted reserves at the end of the period, with no specific reserves policy target stated. The trustees report a positive cash position and an expectation to continue as a going concern, noting that all income is reinvested into training, music, and new instruments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Wincanton. 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/08/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Tong
• Julian Michael Tyrrell
• Matthew Walton
• Paul Charles Austin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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