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Brass Bands England
- 11 trustees
- Income £728k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael Dennis KilroyChair · since 2014
- Dr David Thomas ThorntonTrustee · since 2016
- Emma Margarita SmailesTrustee · since 2025
- Hannah BeechTrustee · since 2024
- Ian David GaskellTrustee · since 2026
- Megan Kathryn RossTrustee · since 2025
- Mike WalshTrustee · since 2018
- Nigel Charles StevensTrustee · since 2020
- Paul RichardsTrustee · since 2021
- Reuben TendlerTrustee · since 2024
- Saphran AliTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.brassbandsengland.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Brass Bands England
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£728k£844k
- 2024£714k£677k
- 2023£554k£621k
Earlier years
- 2022£670k£604k
- 2021£526k£494k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF BRASS BAND MUSIC BY REPRESENTING AND FURTHERING THE INTERESTS OF THE BRASS BAND SECTOR IN ENGLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES COMPRISING OF ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BRASS BANDS
Grants received
9 grants · £952,720 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 Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £453,909 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £348,711 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £110,000 (2 grants)
- Youth Music · £40,100 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Michael Dennis Kilroy Chair since 2014
- Dr David Thomas Thornton since 2016
- Emma Margarita Smailes since 2025
- Hannah Beech since 2024
- Ian David Gaskell since 2026
- Megan Kathryn Ross since 2025
- Mike Walsh since 2018
- Nigel Charles Stevens since 2020
- Paul Richards since 2021
- Reuben Tendler since 2024
- Saphran Ali since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Dennis Kilroy Chair since 2014
- Dr David Thomas Thornton since 2016
- Mike Walsh since 2018
- Nigel Charles Stevens since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Michael Dennis Kilroy Chair since 2014
- Dr David Thomas Thornton since 2016
- Emma Margarita Smailes since 2025
- Hannah Beech since 2024
- Megan Kathryn Ross since 2025
- Mike Walsh since 2018
- Nigel Charles Stevens since 2020
- Paul Richards since 2021
- Reuben Tendler since 2024
- Saphran Ali since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Ian David Gaskell since 2026
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1148331
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 APR 2012
- Companies House
- Company number 08047535 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01226771015 · info@brassbandsengland.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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