# UNIBRASS FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1159359
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 25, 2014
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1159359


## Contact

- **Address:** Brass Bands England, Unit 12, Maple Estate, Stocks Lane, BARNSLEY
- **Postcode:** South Yo
- **Phone:** 03001023259
- **Email:** contact@unibrass.co.uk
- **Website:** www.unibrass.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART OF THE BRASS BAND MOVEMENT, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ORGANISING AN ANNUAL UNIVERSITY BRASS BAND CHAMPIONSHIP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

**Activities:** To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art of the brass band movement, especially at universities. This is done primarily by organising the annual UniBrass Championships, offering support to existing university ensembles, and encouraging the creation of new university bands.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** GREAT BRITAIN
- Northern Ireland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr Thomas James Hicken** | Chair | April 19, 2015 |
| Becky Lund |  | Dec. 21, 2025 |
| Christian Luke Goodwin |  | Feb. 27, 2026 |
| Dawn Rossell |  | Dec. 5, 2025 |
| George William Shyvers |  | June 14, 2025 |
| James Edward Everitt |  | Feb. 6, 2022 |
| Katherine Rebecca Shaw |  | April 8, 2025 |
| Louisa Armitage |  | May 20, 2023 |
| Molly Stubbs-Davies |  | Feb. 16, 2025 |
| Rachel Hartharn-Evans |  | Dec. 21, 2025 |
| Sam Hartharn-Evans |  | Feb. 18, 2018 |
| Samuel Sebastian Kail-Dyke |  | Nov. 27, 2022 |
| Sidney Pycroft |  | May 8, 2024 |



