Registered charity · London
Ebony Steelband Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £87k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- IAN ComfortChair
- David CurtisTrustee · since 2018
- Justin ThomasTrustee · since 2013
- Pattrina Quashie-FergusonTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 3 other charities:
- Carnival Village Trust · 1 shared trustee
- Sutton Music Trust · 1 shared trustee
- The Angels Rise Above Foundation · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- City Of Westminster, Kensington And Chelsea, Newham
- Website
- www.ebony-steelband-trust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ebony Steelband Trust
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£87k£111k
- 2024£104k£91k
- 2023£142k£144k
Earlier years
- 2022£162k£147k
- 2021£67k£61k
Charitable objects
(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO CARIBBEAN MUSIC AND OTHER ARTS OF THAT REGION AND THEIR TEACHING AND PRACTICE AND THE PROMOTION AND PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF A CHARITABLE NATURE WHICH WILL MAKE SUCH ARTS BETTER KNOWN AND UNDERSTOOD BY THE PUBLIC;(2) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING THEM WITH PARTICULAR ASSISTANCE SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE WORK OF THE CHARITY IN ORDER THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.
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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.
4 trustees on the board
- IAN Comfort Chair
- David Curtis since 2018
- Justin Thomas since 2013
- Pattrina Quashie-Ferguson since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- David Curtis since 2018
- Justin Thomas since 2013
- Pattrina Quashie-Ferguson since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- David Curtis since 2018
- Justin Thomas since 2013
- Pattrina Quashie-Ferguson since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- IAN Comfort Chair
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1098408
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 OCTOBER 2002
- Companies House
- Company number 04558912 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07860914825 · services@ebony.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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