THE STANNINGTON BRASS BAND

Registered charity 501558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Brass Band

Objects

1) PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR BRASS BAND ENTHUSIASTS (MUSICIANS) TO FURTHER THEIR PURSUIT. (2) PROVIDE PERSONS OF ANY AGE THE FACILITIES FOR LEARNING A BRASS BAND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (3) ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENT IN THE MUSICAL ABILITY OF BRASS BAND ENTHUSIASTS BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND ENTRY INTO RECOGNISED COMPETITIONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE STANNINGTON

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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Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£43k

Latest spending

£32k

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a profit of £11,052 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves increasing to £28,685. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. The financial statements were prepared on a receipts and payments basis rather than accruals.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £3,909 — grants £3,909 (2); 9% of the £43,012 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 60

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Phillip George Attrillchair
Joanne Marie Croft
Kirsty Alexandra Dowling
LORRAINE DYSON
Nicola Boyd Parris
REBECCA BALL
Rachael Louise Cross
Richard Dawson Slater

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£43k	£32k
31/12/2024	£32k	£37k
31/12/2023	£27k	£22k
31/12/2022	£32k	£30k
31/12/2021	£20k	£23k

Common questions

Is THE STANNINGTON BRASS BAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a profit of £11,052 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves increasing to £28,685. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. The financial statements were prepared on a receipts and payments basis rather than accruals. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE STANNINGTON BRASS BAND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE STANNINGTON BRASS BAND as a grant recipient include THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£2k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION	1	£1k
THE JOICEY TRUST	1	£1k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£600

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND.

THE BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND income £234k
LAUNCESTON TOWN BAND income £43k
ROCKINGHAM BRASS BAND ASSOCIATION income £151k
STEINBOCK FOUNDATION income £349k
BLACKBURN AND DARWEN BAND income £63k
THE BRASS IN CONCERT CHAMPIONSHIP income £115k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE STANNINGTON BRASS BAND	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND FY2025	£234k	—	above	—	no doubt
LAUNCESTON TOWN BAND FY2025	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROCKINGHAM BRASS BAND ASSOCIATION FY2025	£151k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEINBOCK FOUNDATION FY2025	£349k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BLACKBURN AND DARWEN BAND FY2025	£63k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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