THE ANCHORMEN DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS

Registered charity 516209 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANCHORMEN ENSEMBLE

TEACHING OF MUSIC, MARCHING, DANCE, COORDINATION AND OTHER RELEVANT ARTS

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CORPS IS TO ADVANCE, WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT, THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CALDERDALE AND IN PARTICULAR ELLAND, BY HELPING TO TRAIN THEM IN THE PLAYING OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND THE USE OF CORPS EQUIPMENT, AND BY MEANS OF CONCERTS AND EXHIBITIONS AT WHICH SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE MAY PERFORM AS A CORPS, TO ADVANCE THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CALDERDALE, AND IN PARTICULAR, ELLAN

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £31,894.56, comprising a building valued at £15,000 and bank balances of £16,894.56, with no creditors or liabilities reported. The trustees declare that all staff and trustees are volunteers who receive no financial reward, salary, or expenses. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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 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
• 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
• 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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MALCOLM DAVID WRAGG
• PHILLIP HOWE
• Peter Kemp · trustee of 1 other charity
• TONY LEES

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

Operates in: Calderdale · Kirklees

Income and spending

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