UNIBRASS FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1159359
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £74,369
Total expenditure: £80,608

People

11 Trustee(s)

60 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 November 2014: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

11 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Thomas James Hicken Chair 19 April 2015
None on record
Christian Luke Goodwin Trustee 27 February 2026
None on record
James William McQueen Trustee 27 February 2026
None on record
Becky Lund Trustee 21 December 2025
None on record
Rachel Hartharn-Evans Trustee 21 December 2025
None on record
Dawn Rossell Trustee 05 December 2025
None on record
Katherine Rebecca Shaw Trustee 08 April 2025
None on record
Molly Stubbs-Davies Trustee 16 February 2025
None on record
Sidney Pycroft Trustee 08 May 2024
None on record
Samuel Sebastian Kail-Dyke Trustee 27 November 2022
None on record
James Edward Everitt Trustee 06 February 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £8.42k £62.47k £53.96k £67.73k £74.37k
Total expenditure £3.47k £50.58k £65.46k £55.86k £80.61k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £981 £2.71k £300 N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 29 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 29 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 28 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 28 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 15 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 15 October 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 12 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 12 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED ON 25 NOV 2014 AMENDED ON 23 AUG 2017 AMENDED ON 24 APR 2018 AMENDED ON 22 FEB 2019 AMENDED ON 14 SEP 2019 AMENDED ON 24 NOV 2019 AMENDED ON 23 FEB 2020 AMENDED ON 04 APR 2020 AMENDED ON 02 AUG 2020 as amended on 12 Jan 2022 as amended on 08 Nov 2022 as amended on 19 Feb 2023 as amended on 18 Oct 2023 as amended on 02 Mar 2024

Charitable 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.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

GREAT BRITAIN

Contact information

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

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