HAMMONDS BAND

Registered charity 1196725 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

- To be of pleasure and assistance to the local and wider community.- To provide the opportunity for members to experience the joy of making music and the pleasure of each others company socially- To encourage, teach and develop young people both musically and socially.- To ensure the continuance of Brass Banding and, more widely, music in general in throughout the UK

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC, PARTICULARLY BRASS BAND MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

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 is in a good financial position with a surplus for the year, having held a reserve of £5,000 to facilitate future instrument repairs. Per the trustees' report, finances have improved following the lockdown period, and there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Darran Francis Westchair
• John Myles
• Owen Michael Watson
• Shirin Sriram

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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