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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

WOODBRIDGE EXCELSIOR BAND 

Woodbridge Excelsior Band is a Brass Band established in 1846. The Band provides an opportunity for anyone who is interested in playing music within the setting of a traditional Brass Band. The Band performs traditional favourites, modern pop music and contemporary music. It can be hired for concerts, local fetes, civic parades, carol services or private functions, throughout the entire year.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
28/02/23£8,293£5,951£2,3429
28/02/22£4,107£4,134£-2712
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

https://www.woodbridgeexcelsiorband.org/

secretary.excelsiorband@gmail.com

07933641885

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 9 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/03/2021, number: 1193770
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

Kentmere
The Street
Bredfield
WOODBRIDGE
Suffolk
IP13 6AZ

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF MUSIC, PARTICULARLY BRASS BAND MUSIC, IN AND AROUND WOODBRIDGE AND THE UK MORE GENERALLY, THROUGH:A) THE OPERATION OF AN AMATEUR BRASS BAND;B) FACILITATING THE MUSICAL EDUCATION OF BAND MEMBERS;C) THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES;D) ENTERING INTO AFFILIATION, ASSOCIATION OR MEMBERSHIP WITH ORGANISATIONS FOR THE PROMOTION OF BRASS BAND MUSIC AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.(2) TO FURTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
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