FODEN'S BAND

Registered charity 1168556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the association are to educate the public in the musical arts and in particular the art of brass band playing and to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said art by the performance of concerts and other activities.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE MUSICAL ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF BRASS BAND PLAYING AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND TASTE IN THE SAID ART BY THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £168,593 to £164,827 due to net expenditure exceeding income. The charity holds £40,992 in listed investments and maintains positive net current assets of £67,152. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate for the charity to continue operating.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09736878 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

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

• Heritage Lottery Fund — “Foden's Band secure 'Heritage Lottery Funding'” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “Foden's secures major Arts Council Grant” (source page)
• People's Postcode Trust — “People's Postcode Trust” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ROLFE, James Andrew — director, appointed 01/01/2026not on trustee list
• GRAHAM, Alison — director, appointed 22/09/2020on trustee list
• MERRY, Gillian Mary — director, appointed 22/09/2020on trustee list
• FINNIGAN, Christine Capper — director, appointed 17/08/2015on trustee list
• LEA, Darren Jonathan — secretary, appointed 20/11/2025

Official officers record.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/08/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark David Greaves DL FIODchair
• Alison Graham
• CHRISTINE CAPPER FINNIGAN
• GILLIAN MARY MERRY
• Robin Basu
• Stuart Geoffrey Dean

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VIRTUOSI GUS BAND.

• VIRTUOSI GUS BAND income £156k
• OPDA income £538k
• HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. income £319k
• WIMBLEDON CHORAL SOCIETY income £116k
• Desford Organisation Comprising of Desford Colliery Band, Desford Band, and Desford Brass Band Club income £150k
• DURHAM CHORAL SOCIETY income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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