THE HEPWORTH SILVER PRIZE BAND

Registered charity 1161654 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HEPWORTH BAND

The charity maintains the traditions of brass band music and seeks to develop, promote and improve the art and science of the music in all its aspects to people of all ages.The charity aims to advance the education of children and young people in particular to appreciate, learn andparticipate in brass band music making.

Objects

(1) TO MAINTAIN THE TRADITIONS OF BRASS BAND MUSIC AND TO DEVELOP, PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF THE MUSIC IN ALL ITS RESPECTS TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS, PERFORMANCE AT BRASS BAND COMPETITIONS AND FESTIVALS AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR TO APPRECIATE, LEARN AND PARTICIPATE IN BRASS BAND MUSIC MAKING

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: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The Hepworth Band reported a surplus of £11,820 for the year ended 31 January 2026, with total unrestricted income of £99,434. The charity holds total assets of £28,625 and has no official reserves policy, though trustees confirm sufficient unrestricted funds to cover unexpected expenditure for the next 12 months. The accounts were independently examined with no matters requiring attention noted by the examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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

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

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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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2024 (received 03/02/2025, 65 days after the 30/11/2024 due date); year ending 31/01/2023 (received 12/01/2024, 43 days after the 30/11/2023 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN GREENchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Andrew Goldthorpe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Richard Armitage
• Matthew Craig Tinker
• Yvonne Monique Embury

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

Operates in: Calderdale · Kirklees

Income and spending

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