Friary Brass Band

Registered charity 1137290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIARY GUILDFORD BRASS BAND

Friary Brass Band is a traditional brass band of amateur players. The band performs concerts, including those aimed at supporting other charities, outside engagements, and participates in contests. The band is keen to promote brass music to a wider audience, including young people, and to encourage musical education and development both within the band and externally.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BRASS BAND MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS.

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 reported a surplus of £10,085 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a shortfall in the previous year. The trustees confirm the Band remains well funded with unrestricted reserves of £42,066 held in cash deposits. The reserves policy targets maintaining funds between 70% and 100% of forecast annual running costs.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISTAIR RICHARDS
• ANDREW SINGLETON
• Catherine Ruth WHITTINGHAM-SMITH
• Christopher Martin James STRAKER
• Dr Christopher Neil ATTWOOD
• LAUREN CERI STRAKER
• MICHAEL EDWARD TRUMBLE
• RICHARD MARTIN JOHN STRAKER
• Stephen Thorpe
• TIMOTHY MARTIN STRAKER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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