Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

DURNOVARIA SILVER BAND TRUST 

The promotion of brass band playing, through entertaining the public, and encouraging people to learn to play a brass instrument. It particularly supports bodies such as Dorchester Town Council and West Dorset District Council, for Remembrance Day commemoration and the like.A subsidiary aim is to make its Durnovaria Band Hall available to other groups, specifically in the world of the arts.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/04/23£17£12£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/22£22£16£5n/an/an/an/an/a24
30/04/21£11£6£5n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/04/20£15£9£6n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/04/19£16£19£-3n/an/an/an/an/a25
30/04/18*£23£18£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£23£19£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16*£18£19£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15*£13£15£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14*£144£16£128£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.durnovaria-silver-band.org.uk

kbeejay13@gmail.com

07771904773

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 19-87
  • MARY FOX Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Animal Husbandry
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/03/2014, number: 1156408
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/10/2013, number: 08752846
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR18: 42 days late, AR16: 115 days late, AR15: 117 days late, AR14: 164 days late,
Main office

12 Eldridge Close
Dorchester
Dorset
U.K.
DT1 2JS

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ‘OBJECTS’ ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING 4.1 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF BRASS BAND PLAYING;4.2 TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF THE SAID ART BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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