Registered charity (CIO) · Bury
Besses Boys' Band
Besses Boys' Band is a registered charity (number 1205158) based in Bury, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Bradley Hirst since 2023. Latest income £16k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Besses Boys' Training Band, Besses Band, Besses Boys' Youth Band (Charity Commission)
- 8 trustees
- Income £16k (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Manchester City
- Website
- www.bessesboysband.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16k£23k
- 2024£32k£18k
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS AND AIMS OF THE BAND ARE TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF BRASS BAND MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF BRASS PLAYERS AND BY OTHER SUCH WAYS AS THE BAND THROUGH ITS TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.
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
- Bradley Hirst Chair since 2023
- Chris Goring since 2023
- David Fox since 2023
- David Hirst since 2023
- David Wilkinson since 2023
- Leslie Fielding since 2023
- Mark Wilkinson since 2023
- Wendy Gray since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Bradley Hirst Chair since 2023
- Chris Goring since 2023
- David Fox since 2023
- David Hirst since 2023
- David Wilkinson since 2023
- Leslie Fielding since 2023
- Mark Wilkinson since 2023
- Wendy Gray since 2023
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.
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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
- 1205158
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 11 Oct 2023
- Contact on the register
- 07955098659 · info@bessesboysband.com
- 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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