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.

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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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09736878

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).