BRISTOL CONCERT WIND BAND

Registered charity 1142960 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides musical performances to the public and supports other charitable organisations in fund raising events.Offers the opportunity for any adult to learn to play a wind instrument in a friendly environment or invite people, who have not played for many years, to return to music. Additionally we are sometimes able to provide a loaned instruments

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE:2.1 TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS2.2 TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE BRISTOL AND SURROUNDING AREA

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: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that overall expenses exceeded income by £1,499 in 2025 due to exceptional purchases such as new carol books, a printer, and music folders. However, the Treasurer reports a very healthy bank balance and confirms that there is no immediate need to increase membership subscriptions.

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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 157

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

Volunteers: 162

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

Volunteers: 102

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 09/11/2023, 9 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Ann Lesley Gordon
Bernadette Louise Bertagne
Dr CHRISTOPHER CHALONER
Eric Haydn Bateson
Isabel Weir
JILL WATSON
Jacob Anthony Leech
Karri Ruth Chandler
Katherine Hollis
Penelope Marguerite Buckley
Rebecca Clare Warren
William Robertson

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£26k	£27k
31/12/2024	£30k	£23k
31/12/2023	£19k	£22k
31/12/2022	£17k	£20k
31/12/2021	£11k	£15k

Common questions

Is BRISTOL CONCERT WIND BAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that overall expenses exceeded income by £1,499 in 2025 due to exceptional purchases such as new carol books, a printer, and music folders. However, the Treasurer reports a very healthy bank balance and confirms that there is no immediate need to increase membership subscriptions.

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 NISBET TRUST	1	£50k
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATION	1	£15k
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST	1	£12k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST	1	£10k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY	1	£5k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AVON WIND BAND ASSOCIATION.

AVON WIND BAND ASSOCIATION income £43k
CITY OF BRISTOL CHOIR income £68k
THE CORSHAM WINDBAND ASSOCIATION income £66k
WERNETH CONCERT BAND income £33k
THE BRASS IN CONCERT CHAMPIONSHIP income £115k
VERWOOD PRIZE BAND (VERWOOD CONCERT BRASS) income £48k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRISTOL CONCERT WIND BAND	£26k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AVON WIND BAND ASSOCIATION FY2025	£43k	—	above	—	no doubt
CITY OF BRISTOL CHOIR FY2025	£68k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CORSHAM WINDBAND ASSOCIATION FY2026	£66k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WERNETH CONCERT BAND FY2025	£33k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRASS IN CONCERT CHAMPIONSHIP FY2026	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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