MARCHING & PERFORMING ARTS UNITED KINGDOM

Registered charity 328541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DRUM CORPS UNITED KINGDOM, Drum Corps United Kingdom, WINTER GUARD UNITED KINGDOM, WINTERGUARD UNITED KINGDOM

Marching & Performing Arts United Kingdom is a charitable organisation set up to advance the musical & performing arts education of young people throughout the United Kingdom in all aspects of performing arts, primarily but not exclusively in playing musical instruments, colour guard and dance.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE MUSICAL AND PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM BY HELPING TO TRAIN THEM IN THE PLAYING OF INSTRUMENTS AND USE OF EQUIPMENT BY MEANS OF CONCERTS AND EXHIBITIONS AT WHICH SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE MAY PERFORM TO ADVANCE THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 October 2024 was £43,119.50, with total expenditure of £40,068.67, resulting in a surplus. The filing reports a total balance of £34,824.48 as of the end of the financial year, indicating positive unrestricted reserves.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

• ALAN DAVID THOMPSONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• BARRY DAVIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• John James Fitzpatrick · trustee of 1 other charity
• LEE ANTONY JEX · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARK ANTHONY GUTTERIDGE · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARK PETER NICHOLSON · trustee of 3 other charities
• Sharon Jane Smith

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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