Registered charity (CIO) · Worcestershire
West Midlands Fire Service Pipe Band
West Midlands Fire Service Pipe Band is a registered charity (number 1188218) based in Worcestershire, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Simon John Nicholls since 2020. Latest income £1k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Pipes and Drums of the West Midlands Fire Service (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £1k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Birmingham City, Dudley, Solihull, Wolverhampton
- Website
- www.wmfspipeband.net (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1k£425
- 2024£1k£2k
- 2023£4k£1k
Earlier years
- 2022£0£838
- 2021£310£19
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MUSIC AND MUSIC PERFORMANCE, PARTICULARLY SCOTTISH PIPE BAND MUSIC, FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS WITHIN THE WEST MIDLANDS AND SURROUNDING AREA BY DEVELOPING SKILLS AND COMPETENCES, BY THE PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES AND BY ANY MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Simon John Nicholls Chair since 2020
- Dr Alastair Jackson since 2020
- Henry Cleaver since 2020
- Thomas Watkins since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Simon John Nicholls Chair since 2020
- Dr Alastair Jackson since 2020
- Henry Cleaver since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Simon John Nicholls Chair since 2020
- Dr Alastair Jackson since 2020
- Henry Cleaver since 2020
- Thomas Watkins since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
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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
- 1188218
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Feb 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07711 269291 · simon@snowgoosesolutions.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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