FRIENDLY BAND (SOWERBY BRIDGE)

Registered charity 1164724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a Brass Band based in Sowerby Bridge. We provide free tuition and instruments to anybody wishing to take up playing a brass instrument and are available for any function. We raise our own funds through concerts and receive no external funding. We provide a social activity for all ages from 5 years to 90 years of age.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS 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 PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS AND RECITALS.

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 is in a secure financial position. The trustees note that they will review their reserves policy in the coming year, indicating no current fixed target is in place. The charity relies on supporters and donors to thrive despite limited direct income.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Brundellchair
• CRAIG JEREMY LAWRANCE
• JAYNE ELIZABETH LAWRANCE
• Janet Claire Webster
• Jose Smales
• Timothy John Eaton Walker

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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