## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01.01.2024 Period start date To 31.12.2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Weston Brass** ## **Charity registration number: 1052804** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of Weston Brass is to advance the
education and raise the level of artistic taste of
the general public in the appreciation of music
by performance music of a high quality to a
standard through medium of the brass band.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**During the last year we have performed**
**many concerts and also completed a**
**tour in Belgium May 2024.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Weston Brass and its trustees have**
**followed our constitution and been able**
**to provide music (both as voluntary**
**performances and paid performances)**
**to enhance the musical experiences of**
**the general public.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We are very lucky that all members**
**contribute their time and expertise**
**voluntary and payments received**
**through performances are able to fund**
**the running costs of the band.**| **Concerts were well received by the public and we again performed Christmas carolling and collections taken were able to also attract gift aid.** Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Weston Brass were able to perform in a
variety of areas as above and also played
at Menin Gate in Belgium during our
Belgium Tour. As part of our ongoing 60th
Anniversary year we completed the tour
and also played at a sell out DDay
commemoration concert in Blakehay
theatre Weston super Mare.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The accounts this year show a larger**
**income due to collections form**
**members to help fund the Belgium tour.**
**This was self-funded by band members**
**so all monies were received into band**
**accounts and then paid out to tour**
**operator as a whole rather than**
**individual payments for the 34**
**participants. We did receive a small**
**grant from Arts Council England for**
**£2916 towards the transport element of**
**the tour.**
**The accounts have been independently**
**checked in accordance with the bands**
**constitution.**
**A full report is given to the members at**
**the AGM each year.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We hold some reserves for instrument**
**repairs and made a large purchase of a**
**set of timpani.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Replacement/repair of instruments.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No concerns**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Subscriptions and concerts.**
**Fundraising during the Christmas**
**period.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Not applicable**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**none**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution approved by England and**
**Wales charity commission.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated at present although new**
**constitution agreed and waiting for**
**approval to change to CIO.**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**AGM each year appoints committee**
**members who are trustees of the band.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Weston Brass| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1052804| |Charity’s principal address|Contact address
12 Park Close
Kingswood
Bristol
BS15 9TL
Bandroom Congresbury War Memorial Hall
High Street, Congresbury BS49 5JA| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Kathleen Light|Treasurer||Appointed at AGM of Band| ||Paul Field|Chairperson||Appointed at AGM of Band| ||Yvonne Lovell|Secretary||Appointed at AGM of Band| ||Hazel Price|Committee member||Appointed at AGM of Band| ||Mark Mills|Committee member||Appointed at AGM of Band| ||Sandra Healey|Engagements
secretary||Appointed at AGM by Band| ||Angharad Nicholls|Committee member||Appointed at AGM byband| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name n/a** ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**n/a**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**n/a**||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** n/a ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **n/a** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Yvonne Lovell **Full name(s)** Paul Field ~~a~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairperson Secretary **Chair, etc)** **Date** 26[th] August 2025 ||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**WESTON BRASS ACCOUNTS JAN - DEC 2024**|||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |**INCOME**|Engagement|Other/Raffle|Collection|CD sales|sum up||Deps|Total Profit|**EXPENSES(see attached breakdown)**||| |**Concerts/Collections**|||||||||||| |Proms|£450.00|||||||**£450.00**|Music|£444.52|| |Minehead|£225.00||£117.14|||||**£342.14**|Instruments, Repairs, Uniforms|£6,884.98|| |Marketeers April|£500.00|||||||**£500.00**|Contests|£1,842.50|| |Marketeers Christmas|£500.00|||||||**£500.00**|MD|£3,575.00|| |Christmas Concert(mainpayment still waiting payment)||£147.00||£30.00||||**£177.00**|Bandroom Expenses|£2,975.00|| |Friends of Grove Park|£137.50||£50.00|||||**£187.50**|Administrative Expenses|£87.06|| |Keynsham|£275.00||£82.59||£3.93|||**£361.52**|Registrations & Subscriptions|£518.51|| |D Dayconcert|£1,788.20|||||||**£1,788.20**|Travel & Deps(gifts)|£25.00|| |||||||||**£0.00**|CD(in other)|£0.00|| |||||||||**£0.00**|Insurance|£855.25|| |||||||||**£0.00**|Other|£2,547.51|| |||||||||**£0.00**|Social|£0.00|| |||||||||**£0.00**|TrainingBand|£0.00|| |Carolling (see attached breakdown)|£4,570.69|||||||**£4,570.69**|Belgium Tour|£17,970.20|| |||||||||**£0.00**|100 club out|£882.50|| |**Sub Total Concerts**|**£8,446.39**|**£147.00**|**£249.73**|**£30.00**|**£3.93**||£0.00|**£8,877.05 **|**Subtotal expenses(see over)**|**£38,608.03**|| ||||||||||||| |**Other**|||||||||||| |Gift Aid HMRC|£1,477.73||||||||||| |Subscriptions|£2,630.00||||||||||| |TrainingBand Subs|£0.00||||||||||| |Skittles Night|£125.50||||||||||| |Transfer to deposit account|£0.00||||||||||| |donations|£8.00||||||||||| |Donation from Lloyds Bank(Banners)|£500.00||||||||||| |Coach for contest|£495.00||||||||||| |Belgium Fundraising|£4,028.50||||||||||| |EasyFundraising|£119.00||||||||||| |Belgium Tour Payments|£7,849.50||||||||||| |100 club/Fundraising|£1,120.00||||||||||| |Interest on Business Account|£240.46||||||||||| |Return of hotel costs|£0.00||||||||||| |Unpaid cheques from 2024(other)|£0.00||||||||||| |**Sub Total Other Income**|**£18,593.69**||||||||||| ||||||||||Unpaid cheques from 2024|£0.00|| |**TOTALS**|**£27,470.74**|||||||||**£38,608.03**|| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |OpeningBalance as at January2024(Band)||£17,552.67|||||||||| |OpeningBalance as at January2024(Deposit a/c)||£20,187.15|||||||||| |OpeningBalance as at January2024(TrainingBand)||£401.18|||||||||| |Income||£27,470.74|||||||||| |Expenditure||£38,608.03|||||||||| |ClosingBalance as at December 2024(Band)||£6,174.92|||||||||| |ClosingBalance as at December 2024(Deposit a/c Band)||£20,427.61|||||||||| |ClosingBalance as at December 2024(TrainingBand)||£401.18|||||||||| |**Total Closing Balance as at December 2024**||**£27,003.71**|||||||||| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |**Opening account 2024 represented by :**|||||||||||| |Current Account||£17,953.85|||||||||| |Business Account||£20,187.15|||||||||| |**TOTAL BAND FUNDS Opening 2024**||**£38,141.00**|||||||||| ||||||||||||| |**Closing Account 2024 Represented By:**|||||||||||| |Current Account||£6,576.10|||||||||| |Business Account||£20,427.61|||||||||| |**TOTAL BAND FUNDS Closing 2024**||**£27,003.71**|||||||||| ||||||||||||| |**_Accounts independantly audited to comply with Charity Commission Rules_**|||||||||||| ||||||||||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGtAND AND WALES Indopend•nt •xamlnefs r•port on the accounts Sèrlion A R•port tQthetniSt••sl W¢5ton Bt355 31 122124 t￿lty Tiustl 2011 rtsfvÉn. Indgpondont 9n¢d: R•lev&rt pmf¢ssloMI qu•llficallorfs) Qf body lilanyl.. A￿T