2025-12-31-accounts

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		Period start date				Period end date
		Day	Month	Year		Day	Month	Year
	From	1	1	2025	To	31	12	2025

Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number Charity’s principal address	Lerwick Brass Band
	SC010471
	c/o Maya Darrell Hewins,
	XXXXXXXXX
	XXXXXXXXX
	XXXXXXXX	Postcode XXXXXX

Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	David L. Thomson	Bandmaster
	Leslie Thomson	Asst. Bandmaster
	Roy W. R. Hughson	Musical Director
	Maya Darrell Hewins	Secretary
	Alan S. Gifford	Treasurer
	Steven Lamb
	Lauren Doughton
	Scott Goudie

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Reference and administration details

Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)

Name	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document Trustee recruitment and appointment
	Unincorporated association. A brass band whose members elect a management committee at an annual general meeting. The band has no parent body.
	A brass band whose members elect a management committee at an annual general meeting. The management committee act as trustees.

Objectives and activities

Objectives and activities
Charitable purposes Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects	(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; (d) To do all other things which are lawful to promote the foregoing objects.
	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. We donate the proceeds of our annual carol concert to charity.

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Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the financial period

During 2025 the band gave a total of 19 public performances: 10 performances associated with various Up-Helly-A' festivals. 2 VE Day Services. National Fishing Remembrance Service VJ Day Service. Battle of Britain Day Service at the War Memorial, Lerwick. Remembrance Day service at the War Memorial, Lerwick. Christmas Lights Parade, Lerwick. 2 Carol Concerts.

Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

After analysing the essential annual running costs of the band, the trustees have adopted a policy of keeping reserves of not less than £3000 and not more than £15000. Principal running costs include insurance, uniforms, instruments and music. There is currently no designated fund.

Details of any deficit Donated facilities and services (if any) During 2024 the band had 26 regular players. All of these gave their time free of charge to fulfil the playing commitments mentioned above and to attend regular rehearsals. The local authority provided the band with practice accommodation for a small rent.

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Other optional information

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (e.g. Chair) Date
	Maya Darrell Hewins
	Secretary
	13/07/2026

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PENDIX 31 scr Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to t steeslmembers e Charity name Registerndi char pum SC jOyl1 the accoun arity for th4 pari Set out OTr pag Pgiod start date Day Month Period Bnd dat Month Iremember to include thè pkge numbers of additional sheets) Respecti responslbHltle8 stee6 and gxami The charity's trustees aré responsible for the preparation of the accounts in of accordance with the terms of the Charit185 and Trustee Investment {Scotlandl 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts Iscotlandl Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10111 (al to Ic) of the i¢,1" Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(11 (cl of the Act and to state whether particular matters have cbme to my attention. My examination Is carrieoj out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities t Accounts (Scotlandl Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparisori of the accounts presented with those rec rd5. It also includes consideration of any unusual ffiems or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trLSStees concerning any such ma ers. The procedures undertaken do not providg all the evidence that would be quired in an audit and. consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the a counts. a$ls of Ind xamlner¥ stqtam Independent èx4mine statom In the course of my exa ination, no matter has come to my attention lother than iS':I l.. that disc108ed on the attached pagel which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordance wtth section 44111 lal of the 2005 tlv¥., Act and Regulation , of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and lo prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been met, or 2. to which, in my opinio attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgn 2c2 •lev8nt prof•ssio qpallflcationls> or b al y): A'ddre ddete thewotds.in the rackets if they do not apply. If the wotrds do apply. 8et out thos? matt*¥ which ttave ctsm81o ycwattenbon Dn