HITCHIN BAND

Charity number: 1188221
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Advancing the art of music in Hitchin and surrounding area for public benefit by: Offering training and coaching to brass musicians of all ages to enable them to play to a standard ready for public performance and to develop their musical abilities; Performing public concerts of varied and informative programmes; Collaborating with other groups and individuals to enhance the offering to audiences.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £25,007
Total expenditure: £30,740

People

7 Trustee(s)

27 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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Germany

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 February 2020: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • HITCHIN BRASS BAND (Working name)
  • HITCHIN TOWN BAND (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dinah Margaret Birch Chair 29 April 2021
None on record
Adam Ilott Trustee 29 April 2021
None on record
Allan Paul Hooker Trustee 29 April 2021
None on record
Hannah Landsman Trustee 29 April 2021
PUTTERIDGE COMMUNITY NURSERY
Received: On time
Keith Andrew Birch Trustee 29 April 2021
None on record
Robert Bush Trustee 29 April 2021
None on record
Andrew Richard Grady Trustee 27 February 2020
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
Total gross income £59.20k £20.38k £34.13k £25.01k
Total expenditure £13.82k £25.21k £36.57k £30.74k
Income from government contracts N/A £1.43k N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A £11.12k 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 2024 26 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 26 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 04 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 04 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 22 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 22 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 05 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 05 November 2021 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 - ASSOCIATION Registered 27 Feb 2020

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BRASS BAND MUSIC, IN HITCHIN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) OFFERING TRAINING AND COACHING TO MUSICIANS OF ALL AGES TO ENABLE THEM TO PLAY TO A STANDARD READY FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND TO DEVELOP THEIR MUSICAL ABILITIES; (B) PERFORMING PUBLIC CONCERTS OF VARIED AND INFORMATIVE PROGRAMMES; (C) COLLABORATING WITH OTHER GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS TO ENHANCE THE OFFERING TO AUDIENCES.

Contact information

Address:
33 CROWLAND ROAD
LUTON
LU2 8EH
Phone:
07941972894
Email:
chair@hitchinband.co.uk
Website:

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