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Registered charity (CIO) · Lydney

Forest of Dean Brass

Forest of Dean Brass is a registered charity (number 1197059) based in Lydney, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Paul Overton Berrow since 2021. Latest income £21k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £21k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Gloucestershire
Website
forestofdeanbrass.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£21k£67k
  • 2024£20k£23k
  • 2023£19k£20k

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE BANDS OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE: IN ALL CASES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROVIDE, ADVANCE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR BRASS BAND MUSIC, IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY PROVISION OF TRAINING IN AND PLAYING OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, PRACTICE, PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE BAND FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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.

8 trustees on the board

5y median 5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Education/training 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£21k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1197059
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 13 Dec 2021
Contact on the register
01594564920 · fodbrassband@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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