VERWOOD PRIZE BAND (VERWOOD CONCERT BRASS)

Registered charity 1144224 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VERWOOD CONCERT BRASS

Musical advancement of members through a band structure set up to develop and support players of any age from beginners through to professional standard. Musical entertainment through concerts and performances. Participation and promotion of musical activities though contests and concerts. Raising money for other charities through collections and provision of entertainment at fund raising events

Objects

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 RECITALSTO 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.

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: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£48k

Latest spending

£39k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £37,961.87 in unrestricted cash funds, with £30,000 specifically allocated to a reserve fund. The Trustees consider the financial position strong and the charity a viable ongoing organisation for the foreseeable future. Reserves were previously depleted by band hall repairs but have been restored through new allocations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Concerts and engagements income (34% of income)

“Concerts and engagements income 15,488.99” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures

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: 100
Government income: £1,900 — grants £1,900 (1); 4% of the £47,938 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: 100
Government income: £1,800 — grants £1,800 (1); 3% of the £69,114 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 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £50,000 — grants £50,000 (2); 27% of the £187,753 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Verwood Concert Brass (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

HELEN DUNNINGSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Daniel Burrows
Eileen Lock
Elizabeth Mary Tanner
Gwyneth Selby
Jane Smith
Jeffrey Brown
Karen Adams · trustee of 1 other charity
Louisa Elliott
MICHAEL IAN DUNNINGS
ROBERT STEVEN GRAVES
Rosanna Connell
SALLY BURROWS
Sian Mete
Susan Ward

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£48k	£39k
31/12/2024	£69k	£148k
31/12/2023	£188k	£174k
31/12/2022	£70k	£32k
31/12/2021	£27k	£16k

Common questions

Is VERWOOD PRIZE BAND (VERWOOD CONCERT BRASS) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £37,961.87 in unrestricted cash funds, with £30,000 specifically allocated to a reserve fund. The Trustees consider the financial position strong and the charity a viable ongoing organisation for the foreseeable future. Reserves were previously depleted by band hall repairs but have been restored through new allocations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds VERWOOD PRIZE BAND (VERWOOD CONCERT BRASS)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VERWOOD PRIZE BAND (VERWOOD CONCERT BRASS) as a grant recipient include TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST	FY2023	£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	30/06/2023	£25k	Project Funding

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 COUNTY BOROUGH OF HUDDERSFIELD COMMON GOOD TRUST	1	£5k
THE JOICEY TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CORSHAM WINDBAND ASSOCIATION.

THE CORSHAM WINDBAND ASSOCIATION income £66k
THE BRASS IN CONCERT CHAMPIONSHIP income £115k
THE HEPWORTH SILVER PRIZE BAND income £99k
Great Western Youth and Brunel Brass Bands income £53k
WOODFALLS BAND income £78k
VERWOOD MEMORIAL HALL TRUST income £31k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VERWOOD PRIZE BAND (VERWOOD CONCERT BRASS)	£48k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CORSHAM WINDBAND ASSOCIATION FY2026	£66k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRASS IN CONCERT CHAMPIONSHIP FY2026	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HEPWORTH SILVER PRIZE BAND FY2026	£99k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Great Western Youth and Brunel Brass Bands FY2025	£53k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODFALLS BAND FY2025	£78k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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