Trustees. Annual Report for the period
Perfod 5tsrt date
Perfod end date
Fwm
January 2024
.2024
ChBrlty nomo
Amer5ham Band
Other ftames chartty Is known by
RegS$tered ¢hHTIty nurnber111 #ftyl
1162520
Ch4rlty'$ principal addres5
Amersham Balld
Rectory Hill
Amersham, 8u¢ks.
Postcod•
HP7 OBLS
Nomes ofth6 charitytru¥teeswho manage the ¢harfty
trbteg acted rfnoiior
yqar
N￿￿of¥￿￿onI￿TbOtyI
OlfEc# IW4Tryl
Fred Marrison
Philip &w*tman
Caroline Perkins
Co-cha
Ctrcharr
Ajex Smith
xim S￿ler
ReS￿ne0 NDv2024
Plame8 of thotrusts•8 for tho ¢harlty, Ilanyi (for oxampl8. any ¢vstodl&n trusteosl
Nam
Dates acied If notloy whole
Names 8nd addresses of advlsors {Optlonal Infotinatlonl
of advlser
Nam8
Atldross
Name of chiel exe¢utl¥è or n&mos of semlor Stsff membeTs Ioptlonal inforrnatlon
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Otrtse￿Ptl¢Trm of the charfty's tsu$ts
Type of govetning documenl
CDnsIitu￿Dn adopted on 3 2015
Ihe chadty ￿ consuiuied
Chafikble Incrwraied OFyanisation
Trv5tee s￿E¢t￿n melhthjs
Trustees are appointed er re-appoSnted 8nntsalty ty elecbon #tVE Annual
GenoT81 Meeting heTd in March.
Addttlon&l g0Vema￿ Is$￿t$ Ioptlothal infOr￿tion}
er5ham Band Is a N8rnberof Brass Bands England. Thls tyganisaiion
PTWKles sdpwrt and prtsmoiion81 adfvil*s far brass bands.
You may ch•os¢to inGlude
8dditsonal inforrnaiion. where
relevant. abovtr.
licies and procedures
adopted for the induciton and
training ol Irustee5'.
the charity's or9ani8aiitinal
$iructur8 ano 2riy wider
ne￿Lyk with which Ihe tharity
works.,
4 relationship wlh any relate¢J
majorrisks and sysi*ii
and pro¢dures to manage
Ihern.
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The objective ef Amersham Barad Is to ImtK¢)ve. dev81op and advan
Ihe ptsblic eduixlion ￿. and appretralion of, art and $￿en￿ of brass
band music iri afi ils aspects by any Th8ans the ￿1$19&$ see fil, indLwJing
through Ihe pre5enlabon of public concert8 and pr¥dice and
perfomi?nce.
Summary olthe objects of
the charlty $etout ITr Its
govemlng document
In the activit￿$ ofAmersbam Barnj, theTry￿e8$ havetsken
into %cotsntthe 0￿￿#ThCe issu8rt by thE Charity Commisson on public
benefit.
An bmportani 3c14vity Is lor thè band to perform ai4 ￿￿e range ofevents
lo en￿rta￿ Ihe public. These evBnLs indude fom*l concerts, uvic and
pubiK occ*sions, parades, leles and Olherevents. Thts has a benefit to
Ihe local community by usw Music as a way lo bring p￿e togeiher.
enhanryro social cohesiory.
In 8ccovd8nc2v￿lh the charitable 04'eckve, Amersharn 8and
enctyJr29es bcal people to take vp brass muÈic by runnln9 regular
reheatsal$. leathing sessions, open workshop5. and dem0n$trnl￿nS al
sthool¥ and puUic events. The band tss 8 rangp ofband$ whith cater
rore¥p8rier￿e0. IniÈmiedi•ie, elemtsntary and bB9inner levels of abilrty.
The *m oftha ￿lld,$ activ￿&3 ts lo e*end the benefiis ol learnlng
play a musical in$tll3ment* a group en¥1￿men( with oPp￿unitsS and
InstwNents available to peO￿t of an ages and abililEs.
Summary ofthe main
#¢tivitl¥s UExIErtaken Tor the
publlc benefft in relauon to
these abjtrts Ilnclude w6thin
thSs sȢtloll tht statutory
dÈclaration th4ttNstÈès have
had regard ttsthÈ guldjnce
155uod by*he Charity
CommissloTr en publi¢
benefit)
The band runs two te8th￿9 groups and a Youth &aDd wPKrhHre all
.vffie8lly Alrned 41 yovry p￿pIe. **:tron9 bB?EfiL in
adv8ftdn9 musiG educat￿0 locally for youny people. IrTr paFbcts18r,
partkipabng in ￿5￿51¢grOUpS develop5 fflany skllls induding disdtyine,
teamwotk, coopsraton. self-confidence. responsibility ?nd social. For
teenagers. making m￿¢ ¢an contnbuie to $elf4deniity and (xn hdp
Ihem cepe the ups and downs of a&0￿5￿nce by provKling 8
oullel far expression and ImagNaitOll,
In 2024, young french horn studants have 8dv8nced from Brsss Rwls
into CornrrTrunity 8ra$s, £xpanding the range ol bT3$5 instftjmenls
beyond the traditional. Ttanswsibon ofthe music has b*n Undertaken
lo enab* the ¢hSldren to pEay tyas8 band repÉrtoire.
The b￿d prepares 59me of Fts groups partiGlpatFon in
contests. thus tmproving qu811ty ofperfoman￿s and advanw art
of brassmusi¢ for the benell of ¢ts mÉmbers 8nd the gener&1 wNic.
Arnersham Band runs a bursary stheTRe to supportthDse ftom
rmanci811y di5advanlaged background mlghlotherwFse be
prevented from takin9 part in ￿uSical a¢t4vlb?s. In5trumants8re abo
aval￿tle lo hire for a very nominal 51*n.
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Additlon&l detalls of oble¢tfve$ aThd acllvities Ioptlonal inform3tlanl
You may choose to tndude further stalemenis. where relev811E, aboth.
Ctyitdbthonmadeoyvowiews
The band is run by vnpaid volunieers. wrfh exception of the Mu*cal
Direotors who recefve p8yment fore￿$n5e￿. Band members and non-
p￿ying volunl*rs give theirtime Iree of charge and mesl thelrown
expenses in atEendln9 rehEarsa15, events and concerts. Th8 Trustees
f8cryni* Ihe coTrlribuliDn L>fall these volunteers. thoutwhomth¢
charitywoul(l llol functK)n
Due lo the lyne bein9 sr￿1 on varfous Incre&singty consp￿% tasks
Tequlreil to manag8 the or9arris8ti0ft, the ITV$lees have ¥gr6ed iooffer
ex¥£nses f￿ Ihree specifictssksto cemmeno in 2025
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Summary ofthe m41
a¢hievoments of the ¢harity
dvrlny the year
ThÈ band lo Ihryve. wth an cvernll msmoérship ofatound 190
plys.0Fwh￿h ¢uri•oiiy approx. 45% are 4ndeF 18 ye￿$￿* $oe. Ttte band
c0mprtse5etyhisepara￿ aslollow5.'
AmeLSham 8ano IChampbnshipSe¢tionl
Arnersham CoKert Bioss (Secor￿ Stttkn)
Amèrsham 8ig
Ametsham ¢omrnuntyBand
Bi35s Roois
Amefs*am Youlh Band
AnKJarn
Brdss Bla*
The vaiious bJrds pertomied ala ￿de rarye of events durlrfj lh2 year.
Hohlights induded a bra55 viorkshDP gr￿ConCert fealudng Phlllpctsbty. a
¢orttft •1 R￿E￿I$m#11 in LondoTr and banus ihE VvThil Frlday
Maiche5. The ever-poputsr Chfisima$ Conc8rt and perf¢tm8nGEsvl a Uve
screening ol Th2 Srwmèrt ￿ bulh Amersham and Berkhamsiè& h8lpeO
Dff the year.
AmErsham BXJ B¥￿ CQDtinued Iheif ￿9￿&9(¢￿￿￿tt seiies allhe LitÈW&
Cen￿. featuring top wloists. The6eCDmlnue to aitra¢ierihu$i8thir aUd￿nCeS
d have becorne powi8r. seB-ouievEnl5.
Amer¥h¥m B?nd andAmershBm C4n¢frrtBr455 competed lTrihe Re>￿￿*1 Yia5S
Band Chom￿¥0￿shIp5 irn MoTth, WIUI ￿th good results. Concert 8ras5
weiÈ ￿a¢Èd 2ff￿ in the third $ecftcnwhiEh ouallfled thu band io play ai the
Nai￿￿11 Flnals in ChetterJh#m in Stplember2024 and ao¢thn¥ty. prornotlon
¥ecik7D in 2￿.
Amelshsffl al￿ competed inthe Spriry FWEv¥l al ift May.
theywon ￿p. qualtylng Ihe ￿nrt tOrp￿rn￿￿ to Ihe Gfand
sh￿k￿ In 2025.
Theyouth BAnOcompfjlod in the NHlional Youth Ch*mpiDoshlps In Ch￿￿nhsM
8￿j enjoyed the1rf1￿1 ouJng newly ryomototr b the ChampK)nship Secuon.
Preparattiin ar￿ perfonftancesalthesecontests havé helpBd to Imw¢ve tho
Sta￿ard of phyill9 a¢ro$sall partKtpaling baod5.
lftJb￿. IhF hew theIr￿aUg￿Tal Summer Srhool and Fe*Nal. The b#nts'
Usical dlreciois wDIKedwith gue51 ILrtoigon avery vnjoyable lourdays Wpih
yDung students. ThÈ firsiihrepwenings eThJed wlth COntert3 fe8turTD9 th$
vafjousgrou¥ %*iihin Amersham Dgnu afjd Ihe final cortertWas9iYen bylhe
5¥mm¢r S¢hDDI students arrf9￿1 trombtyne SOb)tsl. Peief M¢r&r*.
The I￿0 tradiuon ofttxchangevisitswith Afflersham's IL￿￿ In Cem*ny
¢ontlnue4 wth Concert Bra8$ enioylW a lrfp to Ben5neim in Sepiember. Many
¢Yonts ￿￿TIo￿rdaYS Included a lomi81 wirertwith tne F•hih8im 8#nd and
maF¢firvJ in Wnzerfest parade.
The barh*Toom coniinued io proyitte a be5Lsfor furthtr ￿xpans￿n of the b8nd'$
PTO9Tamme and also prOV￿e￿ 8 usefulfaGIIIty lor othercommunity acb¥llles.
¢Iuoing severdlYog2 and Pilgte$¥ndOtFrerl0￿j grrtups. Pryvate indivhlual
mU￿e lessons bBen pr￿￿d2d 8llhe b8nar44m and severalTnThtynw*
axams have beeft h031ed.
A Trawre anusu£tsiD*lIty proled continue$ ￿ ?s6ess and wo*¢itb? natur
erndronmÈnt Ind th8 bandroom siie. A nurnbprof n8￿re le￿10pment
edurAih)nal8ctyvibeS h¥ve be*n Car￿￿￿ O￿t, bulldiny furtheT relabtsn$tr4P$
with ihtr Wi￿erIUCal cofflmunlty.
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trtsstees h8ve set a po1icyto ensure an tsnrestriGted reserve of
£5,000 asa minimum Is kept in Ihe ¢￿￿2￿tacCOunt. This Is to ensure
hort term commitments 8u¢h as klusiC31 tlifector expenses be
sustslnad for at laasl 6 ¥nonlhs.
Brlotst8temÈnt of the
¢h8rlty$ PDllcy on rfy¥qryes
The tru*ees have establEhed a separat8 acojunt for re¥enuesand
tunnin9 cos15 of ihe new bandroom. A re$￿ve of£3.000 has been set for
IIK5 account to coveressenlial CO$￿ suth os insurance a￿rt ubli
Details of anyfund$ materlally
in deN¢lt
Furtherflnanclal revlÈw details IOptlon81 Informatlonl
You may choose to indvde
ddiiional infi)motron, wtEre
relevant abwl..
the ch8ri1y's prin¢ip#I
sourcesef linduduiy
8nyfvndfHisingl,'
htw4 expwdllure has
supwrt¢d the key obieckn
ofthe ¢harfty.'
invesimeni polky and
obje¢live8 including any
eihlcal Inv8ÈbMÈnt ptslicy
aaopiea
The accounts for the yearended 31 Deembw 2023 were prep8red on
an 8euv81s b8sFS, and showed Closlng To￿1 Funds of£39.050. The
a¢wunts forthB yeBr ended 31 Uecembw 2024 have been prepared on
2 Gash basi5, and Show Openln9 T¢)tal Fvndsof £3e,574. The differertce
Df£2,476 15 the resull of ffte change from 8cuual accountin9 to cash
Hcfjounting, which h88 no impadon the underf￿n9 finanoal poylion of
the Trint.
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The trust*tr5 rto¢larn thatthpy knave approvedtho trustso¥' r*portabow.
Sluned on bthalf ol the charfty'$ trv¥tees
Sl9naturels
Full n*mels}
P051tlon l*g Secretary. Chair.
¢t¢l
Philip Alan Swe8lm8n
klarion Ellsabeth M8yhew
c￿chaIr
Co-chair
D*tè
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
Amersham Band
On accounts for the year
ended
31 December 2024
Charity no
(if any)
1162520
Set out on pages
1&2
I report to the trustees on my examination of Ihe accounts ofthe above
chaiity {Ihe Trust) for the year ended 31 De￿mber 2024.
Responsibilities and
basls of report
As the ¢haritys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in a¢¢ordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
Iyhe Acri.
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have tollowed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 14515)Ib) of the Act.
Independent I have Completed my examination. I confimi that no matertal matters have
examiner's statement come to my attention in ¢onne¢tion with the examination (other than thal
disclosed below) which gives me cause to belleve that in, any material
respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord wtth the accounting records.. or
the accounts did not comply wtth the applicable requirements
¢on¢eming the foTm and content of accounts set out in the Charfties
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a true and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in ￿nneCtion
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Slgned."
Date:
Name:
David Marsh
Relevant professional
qualification{sl or body
{If any):
ACA {￿Ired)
Address:
5 Mayfiower Way
Beaconsfield
HP9 1UF

Section B
Disclosure
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examlner wishes to
disclose.
The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 were prepared on an
accruals basis, and showed Closing Total Funds of £39,050. The accounts for
the year ended 31 December 2024 have been prepared on a Cash basis, and
show Opening Total Funds of £36,574. The difference of £2,476 is the result of
the change from accrual accounting to cash accounting. which has no impact
on the underlying financial position of the Trust

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|Givehere brief details of Theaccountsfortheyearended31December2023werepreparedonan<br>anyitemnsthat the<br>accruals basis,andshowedClosingTotalFundsof£39,050. The accountsfor|Givehere brief details of Theaccountsfortheyearended31December2023werepreparedonan<br>anyitemnsthat the<br>accruals basis,andshowedClosingTotalFundsof£39,050. The accountsfor|
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|examinerwishesto|theyearended31December 2024 have been prepared on acashbasis,and|
|disclòse.|showOpeningTotalFundsof£36,574.Thedifferenceof£2,476istheresultof<br>thechangefromaccrualaccountingtocashaccounting,whichhasnoimpact<br>ontheunderlyingfinancialpositionoftheTrust|