LIONS BRASS 4 YOUTH

Registered charity 1143858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LB4Y

The charities activities are to give young people in North Somerset the opportunity to learn, play and perform in a brass band. To enable them to do this they play a wide variety of music and play at many different venues throughout the school year.

Objects

The charity?s objects are: (1) To advance the education of young people (aged up to 21) and the general public in the art of brass band music, in particular within the South West of the UK, by the provision of the necessary facilities, equipment and training and public performances of a range of works; (2) To further such charitable purposes (charitable under English law) as the trustees see fit from time to time.

Area of benefit: 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 recovered from pandemic losses with a net surplus of £7,022 for the period, increasing total funds to £30,979. The trustees report that the organization has 68 members and has successfully raised money through concerts and events. No specific reserves policy or target is stated in the provided text.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lions Brass 4 Youth (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Lions Clubs 105 SW — “Supported by the Lions Clubs 105 SW,” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN MALCOLM UNDERWOODchair
• Jayne Mitchell
• John Nicol
• MRS DEBBIE UNDERWOOD BSCCHIRO D.C. MSCCHIRO FRCO FCC

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

Operates in: North Somerset · Somerset

Income and spending

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