THE ELLAND SILVER BAND

Registered charity 1176944 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, PARTICIPATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ART OF MUSIC MAKING, PARTICULARLY INCLUDING BRASS BAND MUSIC IN PARTICULAR WITHIN ELLAND, CALDERDALE IN WEST YORKSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF A RANGE OF WORKS

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, PARTICIPATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ART OF MUSIC MAKING, PARTICULARLY INCLUDING BRASS BAND MUSIC IN PARTICULAR WITHIN ELLAND, CALDERDALE IN WEST YORKSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF A RANGE OF WORKS

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained financial stability with unrestricted cash funds of £80,900.06 at year-end and no liabilities. The trustees report that the charity has no reserves policy, holding £25,000 in a high-interest account and £42,000 in a restricted building fund. Total funds at the end of 2024 were just over £134,000.

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
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Andrew Knightchair
• EDWARD PETER GREENLEAF
• Graham Colin Fieldhouse
• KATHLEEN HARRISON
• KATHRYN HAMPSHIRE
• Michael David Martin

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.