AVON WIND BAND ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1165352 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AWBA

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 band environment or invites people who have not played a wind instrument for many years to return to music. The charity is sometimes able to provide wind instruments on loan.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF WIND BAND MUSIC THROUGH PUBLIC EVENTS; TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AID TO MEMBER BANDS AND A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT LOAN SCHEME FOR MEMBERS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the 2024/25 year in a good financial position with total resources increasing to £25,244.31. The Treasurer reported that the charity generated a small profit of £2,183.58, aided by delayed Gift Aid payments, and noted that all member bands are in good financial health with no causes for concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 12/07/2023, 12 days after the 30/06/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Street
• Judith Eke
• Ken Spreadborough
• Martyn Walker
• Sharon Reid
• Stephen Spooner

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

Operates in: Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BRISTOL CONCERT WIND BAND income £26k
• THE CORSHAM WINDBAND ASSOCIATION income £66k
• AVON VALLEY CONCERTS income £15k
• WANTAGE BAND income £34k
• THE ENDERBY BAND ORGANISATION income £40k
• VERWOOD PRIZE BAND (VERWOOD CONCERT BRASS) income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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