Registered charity (CIO) · Bedford
The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain is a registered charity (number 1085724) based in Bedford, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Susan Jane Hughes since 2023. Latest income £451k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £451k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Susan Jane HughesChair · since 2023
- Craig Leslie RatcliffeTrustee · since 2025
- David Howard CollinsTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Kerry Jane BaldwinTrustee · since 2025
- Ewan Kenneth EastonTrustee · since 2015
- Ian Michael JacksonTrustee · since 2025
- Joanne Elizabeth SweetTrustee · since 2025
- Kevin Harvey WebbTrustee · since 2024
- Pearl LovegroveTrustee · since 2025
- Samuel HairsineTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.nybbgb.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£451k£378k
- 2024£342k£363k
- 2023£300k£338k
Earlier years
- 2022£323k£295k
- 2020£134k£118k
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR EDUCATION IN MUSIC AND TO ENCOURAGE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN THE PLAYING OF BRASS BAND INSTRUMENTS AND TO FORM AND RUN ON A NATIONAL BASIS IN GREAT BRITAIN A CHILDREN'S BRASS BAND AND A YOUTH BRASS BAND COMPOSED OF SUCH PERSONS
Grants received
8 grants · £402,789 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £238,526 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £119,263 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £45,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Susan Jane Hughes Chair since 2023
- Craig Leslie Ratcliffe since 2025
- David Howard Collins since 2025
- Dr Kerry Jane Baldwin since 2025
- Ewan Kenneth Easton since 2015
- Ian Michael Jackson since 2025
- Joanne Elizabeth Sweet since 2025
- Kevin Harvey Webb since 2024
- Pearl Lovegrove since 2025
- Samuel Hairsine since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Ewan Kenneth Easton since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Susan Jane Hughes Chair since 2023
- Craig Leslie Ratcliffe since 2025
- David Howard Collins since 2025
- Dr Kerry Jane Baldwin since 2025
- Ewan Kenneth Easton since 2015
- Ian Michael Jackson since 2025
- Kevin Harvey Webb since 2024
- Pearl Lovegrove since 2025
- Samuel Hairsine since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Joanne Elizabeth Sweet since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1085724
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONCONVERSION 03 MAR 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07599965135 · hello@nybbgb.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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