## Marching Band Association UK Receipts & Payments Accounts For the Year Ending 31[st] December 2025 1 ## Marching Band Association UK For the Year Ending 31[st] December 2025 Index |Trustees’ Report|Page 3-7| |---|---| |Independent Examiners Report|Page 8-9| |Receipts and Payments Accounts|Page 10| |Statement of Assets and Liabilities|Page 11| 2 ||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**|||||||| |**From**|Period start date|||To|Period end date||| ||**01**|**01**|**2024**||**31**|**12**|**2024**| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Marching Band Association UK **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1184553 **Charity's principal address** Club Steward House, New Brancepeth Club, Brandon Road, Durham |
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** ## **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Constitution, Organisational Rules, Code of Conduct How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Constitution Trustee selection methods > (eg. appointed by, elected by) Nominated by members and appointment via vote 4 ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where Bands affiliate to the charity but also form part of Leagues/Associations in their own local regions, who are also responsible for the management of their affiliated bands. relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The Marching Band Association UK is a voluntary run organisation who teaches both adults and children of all ages the skill of playing a musical instrument and competing in competitions throughout the UK. To advance the musical education of the public and in particular those who are members of marching bands by: a) helping to train in marching and the playing of marching band instruments; and b) holding concerts and exhibitions to promote high standards of musical ability. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 5 ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## **Section D Achievements and performance** **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Another great season for marching bands within the MBA. It saw various title events having successful competitions held in the north east, midlands and our annual main event this year in Wales. The Grand Finale ‘sell out’ weekend at Skegness was a brilliant cherry on the cake to a great season with everyone enjoying a week or weekend with friends within the organisation. ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in deficit** **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 6 - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Sharon Rank
Full name(s) Anthony Debono-Hodgson
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7 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
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**On accounts for the year**
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Marching Band Association UK|Charity Name
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Marching Band Association UK| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||31/12/2025|**Charity no**
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(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)||| ||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity
(“the Trust”) for the year ended**31 / 12 / 2025**.||| As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the **Responsibilities and basis of** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the **report** Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 8 ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 21/07/2026 **Signed: Name:** Nicola Appleby **Relevant professional** ACCA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 174A High Newham Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8NT ## **Section B Disclosure** > [Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, ] Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any** N/A **items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 9 hi4RCHING BANDASS￿￿TIONUK 118455J MBA Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe peilod fiom To 1m1r2025 Section A Receipts and payments Unip5tiictÈd Restiicted EndDwment Total funds Lu5tyear 10lhene*Test 10lnenearest£ tothefit4rest£ tolhe ne4re*l£ tothefie4rest£ A1 Receipts Oonationsetc DBS S(llrfifitlUnifoim Money IntOWronE￿iO￿nt IN Le￿￿￿e/&￿￿￿ Loan Aep?ymeni I,U35 2,031 41,EQ2 Mernb2rCrant Main EventHDtsI InEUlll 1,950 B21 351 ationèl ID(on #nnual MBAUK Fee5 Sub tyJtsl{Gr055 Incoffle forAR) A2 Assei and InVeS￿￿ent sales. lsee tabl&l. 81,951 S5,￿1 Sub total Totrirnceipts 61,954 61,951 55,061 IA3 paYr￿￿ty 1254 231 1254 231 1.168 Hall F D8S Fuel Expenses rfnielunifor 1,5 LoED/Copyright/Printer InklPu5taplJutturm 42,555 352 42,555 352 39,015 MoDpylnto WronRkrountOUT LeaEuelBand Loan Repaynwnt Grand Finalt ￿nd/Caravan5D1d Grand Finalt EntrrtaiThMtTht MernberGrant 1,95 Main EventPaymEnt ThankyOuGIfts Refund- Overp4¥rneTht 62,691 62mF 52225 A4 A53eland inyestrnent purchases,1see Sub total 62,697 62MT 52225 Nct ofre¢eipt5/(payments) A5 Tian8f8r8 bOt￿On fund8 A6 Cash funds la￿ year end ash thfsyearet)¢ 743 743 I￿5 12.434 12,431 9.598 12 io MBA Section B Slatement of assels and liabilities at the end of the period Unre$irlcTed fund5 lo neareil£ Resiric￿d funds tonearest£ Endo¥Ymeni funds lo neares1£ Cawoiles Detalls B1 Cash funds Ac¢Dunl B&kin￿]ll7212S 9,742 HgliJbYA¢cou￿TBa￿￿¢e31ll2tt% Total Cash funds Unresirfjc funth Restrktsd fund& Endowmem lunds tonvir•bt ID nE4reit£ B2 Othgr mon•tary ass•ts FUndtO￿￿￿h Co•tloptiDMII B3 Investment assets Fundto%bth￿h •¥Wbe CurTent¥du 84 Ass•ts rgtaln•d lorth• ¢harty's own use Fundtowffi￿h r*￿te5 Whendue tknn•l BS Liabil￿e$ Si￿&tUrE Print NamE Date Df onyDebono-Hlldg8on Sharon Rank 2110712026 2110712026 li MBA