Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 12

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3
Future income +5

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 22

BRASS BANDS ENGLAND

To maintain, improve and advance the education of the public through the promotion of the practise and performance of brass band music by representing and furthering the interests of the brass band sector in England.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£554	£621	£-67	£1	£86	£67	1.3	11	20
31/03/22	*	£670	£604	£66	£0	£152	£82	1.6	10	10
31/03/21		£526	£494	£32	£0	£87	£55	1.3	6	10
31/03/20	*	£297	£300	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£269	£275	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£176	£200	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	*	£171	£157	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£164	£125	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£85	£59	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£103	£109	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£58	£24	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 50%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 1.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 12 years

www.brassbandsengland.co.uk

info@brassbandsengland.co.uk

01226771015

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£724,234
Garfield Weston Foundation	£110,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£99,800
The Foyle Foundation	£79,000
Youth Music	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£49,000	01/03/2024	to cover the costs of the Youth Brass Festival in 2024 ('Foyle Foundation Youth Fest')
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£60,000	08/11/2023 24	Brass Bands England Youth Programme
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Brass Bands England
£99,800	04/07/2023	The Brass Bands Archive: preserving our heritage, widening access.
Youth Music - BBE Youth Voice
£15,000	02/03/2023	BBE Youth Voice
DCMS - Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
£116,100	25/03/2022	National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£127,000	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£30,000	16/09/2021	towards the continuation of the Brass Foundations Programme after the pilot
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000	30/07/2021	Brass Bands England's work 2021-22
DCMS - Brass Bands England
£210,809	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Brass Band Recovery
£227,189	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Sector Rejuvenation
£43,136	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 23-71

DR DAVID THOMAS THORNTON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Musician And Music Educator

GARY WALCZAK Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired

HANNAH BEECH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: University Music Administrator

JULIE HOGGARTH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teacher

MICHAEL DENNIS KILROY (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Company Director

MIKE WALSH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor

NIGEL CHARLES STEVENS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: It Consultant

PAUL ANTHONY BEAUMONT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

PAUL RICHARDS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

REUBEN TENDLER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Alumni Engagement Officer

SAPHRAN ALI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Musician

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2012, number: 1148331
Registered at Companies House on 26/04/2012, number: 08047535

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR22: 6 days late, AR20: 2 days late, AR17: 1 days late,

Main office

Unit 12
Maple Estate
Stocks Lane
Barnsley

Objectives

TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF BRASS BAND MUSIC BY REPRESENTING AND FURTHERING THE INTERESTS OF THE BRASS BAND SECTOR IN ENGLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES COMPRISING OF ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BRASS BANDS

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