# Lerwick Brass Band

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC010471
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Unincorporated association
- **Registered:** Nov. 21, 1983
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC010471


## Contact

- **Address:** 66 Breiwick Road, Lerwick, Shetland
- **Postcode:** ZE1 0DB



## Activities

**Activities:** 'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

**Purposes:** 'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

**What the charity does:** Lerwick Brass Band provides a service to the community by providing music at local events when requested to do so by local organisations. We welcome school-aged members, who benefit from playing in an adult band.

**Beneficiaries:** 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

**Objectives:** (a) To provide or assist in the provision of concerts, recitals and other appearances in public, and for the benefit, enjoyment and education of the public, of the Band or other bands, societies or groups whose aims and objects are the presentation and stimulation for the benefit of the public of the art of Brass Band and Brass Instrument Playing. (b) To provide or assist in the provision of the education of musicians by means of the practical experience of working with, playing with or receiving tuition from the Band or any of the members thereof for the time being. (c) After a reasonable reserve for the continuing and future purposes of the Band has been made, to donate the free proceeds of any performances of the Band to such organisations charitable in law as the members in General Meeting shall determine. To do all other things which are lawful to promote the foregoing objects.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Shetland Islands
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £4487 | £3142 |  -  | 0 |  |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2189 | £2265 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £168 | £1645 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2434 | £2678 |  -  |  -  |  |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1313 | £1248 |  -  |  -  |  |