I CHARITY COMMISSION | FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Reportfor the period From 01.012025 Perlod start date To 31.122025 Perfod end date Charlty name: Weston Bra88 Charty registration number. 1052804 Objectives and Activities SORP raf8r￿co Pwa 1.17 Summary of the purposes of th6 charity as set out in bts goveming dccument The object of Weston Brass is to advance the education and raise the level of art15ti¢ taste of the general public in the appreciation of music by performaft￿ music of a high qualty to a standard through medlum of the brass band. Summary of the main activities in relation to those purFoses for the publ1¢ benefit, In partiCLslar, the acllvities, kyqects or services identified in tha accounts. Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit Pwa 1.17 1.19 Durlng the last yw we havè perfomNd many conc8rts and also startad to plan a tour In NOrn￿ndY durlng May 2026. Pw• 1.18 Weston Brass and its trustees have followed our constitution and boen ablg to provSde muslc (l)oth as voluntary perfornlances and pald performanceB} to enhance the musical experlences of the eneral ubllc. Addltlonal lrformatlon (optlonal) You ma choo* to include further statements where relevant about: SORP roference Not applScablg Parn 1.38 Policy on grant makiro Not applicable r•128 PoI￿Y on social investment including prcMJram related investment We are very lucky that all members contribute thoir timo and expertlse voluntary and payments received through performances are able to fund tho running costs of tho band. Pw8 1.38 Contribulion made by volunteers Concerts were well r￿[Ved by Ihe public and we again performed Christmas carolling and collections taken were able to also attract ift aid. Other Achievements and Performance SORP rthrwce Weston Brass were able to perfcmi in varw of areas, also F￿ayed at a sellout co￿ert in Blakehay theatre Weston SUFer Mare. Summary of thè main achievements of the chanty, idenlrfying the drffere￿a th8 charity's work has made to the circumstances of its enefIC￿rieS and any wider benefits to SOCi8ty as a whola. Pw•120 Addltlonal Inforrnatlon loptlonal) Y¢Ju ma chcw to Include further statements where r818vant about: AchKgvements against cbj8CtIV8$ set P￿lA1 Performance of fundraisiTvJ activities against objectives Pw8 1.41 Inv8Stment Ferforynance against objectives Pwa 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of the charity's financial wsition at the end of IF￿ peric# The accounts this year show a larger income due to collections forni members to help fund Normandy tour. Thls Is to self-funded by band members so all monies wero recelved Into band accounts and then paid out to tour oporator as a whole rather than Individual paymonts for the 34 partlclpants. The accounts have been Indep8ndently chécked In accordance with tho bands constftutlon. A full report 1$ glven to the members at the AGM each ar. We hold soma reserves for Instrument repalrs and made a large purchase of a Sal of tlmpanl. Statement explaining th8 pOI￿Y for kdding r8s8rves staling why they are held Par4 1.22 Amount of reserves held Reasons for hcAding zero reserves Details of fund materially in def icrt Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity ¢¢xtinuing as a goYKJ concern ra lacemanuro Not applicable Ir of Instruments. Para 122 Porn 124 Not appllcablo No concom$ Addltlonal Inlornmtlon (opllonal) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Subscrlptlons and concorts. Fundralslng durlng the Chrlstsn perlod. The charty's prfncip81 sources of funds (including any fuThJrai&ng) Para 1.47 Not appllcablo Investment F>Jlicy and c&J'ectiV8s including any social investrnent Fdicy adopted Por8 1.46 none A descripkn of the wincip81 dsks faclng the charfty PBra 1A6 Other Structure. Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts: TY￿ of goveming document I a£.L)L. I'O. dl ,'harter How is the charty constrtuted? {e.g unlnc0r￿aled 28eP,￿l￿￿ lion CIO, Trustee sekntion methxts including details of any constitutional provi&ons e.g. election to post or name of any par$￿ or IxKly entitl& to apwnt on8 or moré trustees P*d125 Constitution approved by England and Wales charit commlssion. Unincorporated at prosont although now constltutlon agreed and waltlng for approval to thange to CIO. Para 1.25 AGM each year appoints commlttoe membors who are trusto08 of tha band. Addltlonal Inforrnatlon (optlonal) YOU ma choose to include further stat8m8nts where relevant about: Pollcles and wowlures adopted for the inducti( and training of trustees Pw8 1.51 The charity's wjanisational structure and any wider ne￿ork with which charity works Pw• 1.51 Relationship with any rdated partiès Pwa 1.61 Reference and Admlnistrative detslls Chari name Other name the cha istered char numt Charity'$ principal addre&8 1052804 c(￿tact address 12 Park Ch)se Kiroswood Bristd BS15 9TL BarKlrcx)m Congresbury War Memorial Hall h Street. Con resbu 8S49 5JA Narnes of the charty trustees who manage the charity Dates acted If notfor whole ar Tr￿te9 narnfr Ollk¢ Iir ony) Name of person lor boty) •ntttltrd toa Int trustee lif a A￿K￿nted at AGM of Band Appinted at AGM of Band and interim chair appointment Apw'nted at AGM of Band Apyynted at AGM of Band Apwinted at AGM of Band AptK)rnted at AGM by Band Kathleen Light Paul Fiel(USdty Horrox Treasurer Chairpergjn Yv¢)nne Lovell Hazel Price Mark Mi118 Secretsry Committee member Committee member Engagem8nts secretary Committ88 member Sandra Healey Angharad Nicholls App￿nI￿d at AGM by band 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 rat8 trustees - r￿MeS of the dirèctors at Ihe date th8 r Dlr•¢tor namg nla wasa Name of trustees Pthjing trtle to prormty belorvJiTvJ to th8 charty Trust￿ n•m• nla Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets nla held in this capacty Name and ol'ects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are hèld and how this falls wl(hin the ¢ustc#Jian charity's objects Details of arrang8ments for safe custody and segregation of such assets from th8 charity's ¢Jwn Additlonal Inforn￿lI0n (optlonal) Namos and addresses of advlsors Iopllonal Inforniatlon) Type of Narno Address adviser nla of chlef exocutlvo or namos of sensor staff memborn (Optlonal informatlon) nla Exemptlon8 from dlsclosure Reason for thdlsclosur8 of ke nel detals nla Othero tlonal Infonnatlon Declarations Tho trustees declare that t￿Y havo approved the truste06' report abovo. Signed on behalf of the charws trustees Signaturels) Full nanWs} Position (eg Secretary. Chalr, etc) Sally Horrox Charp8rs( ne Lovell S8cr8tsry Date |||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**WESTON BRASS ACCOUNTS JAN - DEC 2025**||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |**INCOME**|Engagement|Other/Raffle|Collection|Carolling|sum up||Deps|Total Profit|**EXPENSES(see attached breakdown)**|||| |**Concerts/Collections**||||||||||||| |Hutton Proms|£450.00|||||||**£450.00**|Music|£629.27||| |||||||||**£0.00**|Instruments,Repairs,Uniforms|£989.03||| |Marketeers April|£500.00|||||||**£500.00**|Contests|£560.00||| |Marketeers Christmas(included in carolling- £500)||||||||**£0.00**|MD|£5,395.00||| |Christmas Concert(2024)|£2,043.50|||||||**£2,043.50**|Bandroom Expenses|£4,375.86||| |Digfor victory|£500.00|||||||**£500.00**|Administrative Expenses|£258.89||| |Airdays|£500.00|||||||**£500.00**|Registrations & Subscriptions|£502.54||| |June concert|£688.00|£80.00||||||**£768.00**|Travel & Deps(gifts)|£0.00||| |Digfor victory2026 deposit|£250.00|||||||**£250.00**|CD(in other)|£0.00||| |Minehead|£225.00||£93.85|||||**£318.85**|Insurance|£855.25||| |Keynsham|£275.00||£110.30|||||**£385.30**|Other|£871.27||| |Christmas Concert 2025|£2,294.40|£185.00||||||**£2,479.40**|Social|£0.00||| |||||||||**£0.00**|TrainingBand|£0.00||| |Carolling (see attached breakdown)||||£5,009.32||||**£5,009.32**|Normandy Tour|£5,600.00||| |||||||||**£0.00**|100 club out|£922.50||| |**Sub Total Concerts**|**£7,725.90**|**£265.00**|**£204.15 **|**£5,009.32**|**£0.00**||£0.00|**£13,204.37 **|**Subtotal expenses(see over)**|**£20,959.61**||| |||||||||||||| |**Other**||||||||||||| |Gift Aid HMRC|£1,208.91|||||||||||| |Subscriptions|£2,680.00|||||||||||| |TrainingBand Subs|£0.00|||||||||||| |Quiz Night £313.50, Skittles £50, raffle £78|£441.50|||||||||||| |Transfer to deposit account|£0.00|||||||||||| |donations(Mark G £100,Rach(polo shorts £12)Haggers wedding£150,Ticket sales|
£290.00|||||||||||| |Donation from Lloyds Bank(May2025)|£500.00|||||||||||| |Coach for contest|£0.00|||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |EasyFundraising|£70.54|||||||||||| |NormandyTour Payments(allocated or advancepayments £4251.75)|£9,851.75|||||||||||| |100 club|£1,786.02|||||||||||| |Interest on Business Account|£162.44|||||||||||| |Return of deposit £100(South Leigh hall)Bandomonium hotel dep£112.50|£212.50|||||||||||| |Unpaid cheques from 2025(other)|£0.00|||||||||||| |**Sub Total Other Income**|**£17,203.66**|||||||||||| ||||||||||Unpaid cheques from 2025|£0.00||| |**TOTALS**|**£30,408.03**|||||||||**£20,959.61**||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |OpeningBalance as at January2025(Band)||£6,174.92||||||||||| |OpeningBalance as at January2025(Deposit a/c)||£20,427.61||||||||||| |OpeningBalance as at January2025(TrainingBand)||£401.18||||||||||| |Income||£30,408.03||||||||||| |Expenditure||£20,959.61||||||||||| |ClosingBalance as at December 2025(Band)||£15,460.90||||||||||| |ClosingBalance as at December 2025(Deposit a/c Band)||£20,590.05||||||||||| |ClosingBalance as at December 2025(TrainingBand)||£401.18||||||||||| |**Total Closing Balance as at December 2024**||**£36,452.13**||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |**Opening account 2025 represented by :**||||||||||||| |Current Account||£6,576.10||||||||||| |Business Account||£20,427.61||||||||||| |**TOTAL BAND FUNDS Opening 2025**||**£27,003.71**||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |**Closing Account 2025 Represented By:**|||**ACTUAL NET LOSS**|||||||||| |Current Account||£15,862.08|**includes subsidies allocated but notpaid to Rayburn tours, fundraising and advance tour moniespaid in(£10,414)**|||||||||| |Business Account||£20,590.05||||||||||| |**TOTAL BAND FUNDS Closing 2025**||**£36,452.13**||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |**_Accounts independently audited to comply with Charity Commission Rules_**||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| ## **EXPENSES 2025** |**EXPENSES 2025**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||**Total**| |**Music**|Just Music|£254.85|||||||| ||Paul F Music download|£38.30|||||||| ||MarryMe|£57.50|||||||| ||Christmaspieces|£153.94|||||||| ||Area testpiece|£96.78|||||||| ||Bleak Mid winter|£27.90|||||||**£629.27**| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Instruments, Repairs, Uniforms**|Adamparts|£8.48|||||||| ||Material Marton Mills(jackets)|£49.39|||||||| ||Seamstress costs(T Jacket)|£85.00|||||||| ||Tom Jacket|£56.98|||||||| ||Braidingforjacket|£15.18|||||||| ||Mouthpiece cornet|£50.00|||||||| ||Printer/photocopier|£303.90|||||||| ||Inks forprinter|£75.00|||||||| ||Bass case|£240.00|||||||| ||Polo shirt(Bandomonium)|£8.10|||||||| ||Polo shirt(Bandomonium)|£48.00|||||||| ||Bass Lyres|£49.00|||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||**£989.03**| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |||entryfee|rehearsal room|coach|deps|other||Total|| |**Contests**|||||||||| |**WEBBA(March 2026)**||£250.00||||||£250.00|| |Areas 2025(hotel Ian)||||||£174.00||£174.00|**£560.00**| |Oxford contest 25(SouthLeigh)|||£136.00|||||£136.00|| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**MD**|||||||||| ||||||||||| ||Ian Dickinson|£2,220.00|||||||| ||Anvi Adachi|£200.00|||||||| ||Stephen Sykes|£1,575.00|||||||**£5,395.00**| ||David Haywood|£770.00|||||||| ||Josh Ruck|£500.00|||||||| ||Steve Kane|£60.00|||||||| ||Liam Gunstall|£70.00|||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Bandroom Expences**|||||||||| ||Bandroom Rent Congresbury|£3,200.00|||||||**£4,375.86**| ||Door into skittles for timps|£1,175.86|||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Admin Expences**|Paul F website|£43.06|||||||| ||website fees(Carole)|£43.18|||||||| |||£71.99|||||||**£258.89**| |||£100.66|||||||| ||||||||||| |**Registrations & Subscriptions**|SWBBA|£75.00|||||||| ||GBBA||||||||| ||BBplayers|£106.00|||||||| ||BBE membership|£140.40|||||||**£502.54**| ||pppls|£181.14|||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Travel & Deps**|Deps travel|£0.00|||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||**£0.00**| ||||||||||| |**Insurance**|New Moon Insurance|£855.25|||||||**£855.25**| ||||||||||| |**Other**|Account audit|£0.00|||||||| ||||||||||| ||Gifts baby/leaving/flowers|£160.80|||||||| ||Deposit & Payment Christmas concer|
£354.40|||||||| ||Jeremy printingJune concert|£52.83|||||||| ||Donation for Mind|£89.00|||||||| ||Jeremy printingChristmas|£146.43|||||||**£871.27**| ||CarparkingClockwise|£31.99|||||||| ||Santa hats|£35.82|||||||| ||||||||||| |NormandyTour||£5,600.00|||||||**£5,600.00**| |100 clubpayments|(£87.50 from Dec 24 income)|£922.50|||||||**£922.50**| ||||||||||| |Transfer to deposit account|||||||||| ||||||||||| |**TOTAL EXPENSES FOR 2025**|||||||||**£20,959.61**| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examlnerf8 report on the accounts and ASthÈ trySièJs ortsc￿npBffty ate ?￿l￿alre￿￿O￿tr prop8￿01th￿ aLx¥Jynts knaLWrdance%￿ththV ￿ll￿nIg0t￿ ComwwAct2006 llhb2006WI. Sa￿l￿d M￿￿￿thaL￿Ooc￿￿ntstsltheC¢mp￿ny to bpwIWforthts Part 1fj ¢*the 2W8Ac*andar•e￿(Q￿ fot w￿￿nd￿nto￿1nÉtlQll. I report Inre5Pgtiof my0xaMinat￿ of y￿F accounts4$cathedoLrtunder3e¢tknn 145 tsfth8 chart￿*￿2011 (￿e 2011 Arfl. In earryw wt MyéxaminoV￿. I havèfolkw￿￿ bythèchanty 14SI5)(b)tsf th• 2011A In(l•pqttd¢nt ysg ncorne lom I h8￿COMpl￿?￿￿Y 0￿1￿￿10n. I Confrmthaty￿ MAterf￿ rn*t8rs hèvè tsjme to my8N¢nUan l0thèithaTrtWd&ck￿Qd g￿￿rn tAusglobd*ve ihat. •8ccounting re¢￿W￿l￿ nolk￿lin SèÈlh2n 386otthB Conyank?sAct 20L￿.. or +thèAr￿¢U￿ts dDnot ￿1rd wth rets¥ds'. or .IhFaLE￿ntS do nol comp￿¥1￿h wuirementsundèr $6thn 396ofthe Cornpan19sAd2(th ottr￿1￿n anyrwuw9m8ntthat accounts gk¥e a lèil ￿ew¥dh￿kn 18 nDt o rn$tter(%Jns￿er9d cIEn I￿8￿9￿dÈniexGmInalW)n'. ( SORP IFRS1021. Oclobw 2018 F¥AT Ill￿v}.' ￿￿tt￿l￿O[l￿ •Mrn1nvr￿v1*1ts dlKID4e. OGtobor 2016