# Desford Organisation Comprising of Desford Colliery Band, Desford Band, and Desford Brass Band Club

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1025068
- **Other names:** SNIBSTON AND DESFORD COLLIERY (NWLDC) BAND, SNIBSTON AND DESFORD COLLIERY BANDS COMPRISING THE SNIBSTON AND DESFORD COLLIERY BAND, THE DESFORD COLLIERY BAND AND THE DESFORD ACADEMY, SNIBTON AND DESFORD COLLIERY (NWLDC) BAND, SNIBSTON & DESFORD COLLIERY BAND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 31, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1025068


## Contact

- **Address:** DESFORD BRASS BAND CLUB, WHITWICK ROAD, COALVILLE
- **Postcode:** LE67 3FA
- **Phone:** 07866071177
- **Website:** www.desfordcollieryband.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE MUSICAL ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF BRASS BAND PLAYING, AND TO FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPRECIATION IN THE SAID ART BY THE PREENTATION OF CONCERTS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES

**Activities:** We are a Brass Band organisation and have a Championship Brass Band who perform worldwide, a B Band who perform locally and our Academy where we provide brass and percussion tuition and instruments to children in the locality who wish to learn music.

**Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE, NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Leicestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £150114 | £156104 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £112847 | £98394 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £111678 | £113277 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £88451 | £93948 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £104453 | £96902 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **PETER SMITH** (Chair)
- ALASTAIR SMITH — appointed May 24, 2025
- DAVID L SMITH
- Lawrence Eccleston — appointed May 3, 2025
- Paul Thomas — appointed July 26, 2025