The Brecon Town Concert Band
What it does
The encouragement of more widespread performance of Wind Band music thoughout the Brecon and surrounding area. The training of young musicians.
Its charitable purposes
TO FOSTER AN PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC, IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF SYMPHONIC WIND BAND PLAYING IN THE TOWN OF BRECON, AND TO PROMOTE BETTER AND MORE WIDESPREAD PERFORMANCES OF INSTRUMENTAL WORKS.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
- Other charitable activities
Where it works
- In Wales
- Powys
- Blaenau Gwent
- Cardiff
- Elsewhere
- Devon
Area of benefit in its governing document: Brecon
Income and spending
In the year ending 19 August 2025, it had income of £8,549 and spent £9,631.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2025 | £8,549 | £9,631 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 19 August 2024 | £14,162 | £10,880 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 19 August 2023 | £13,565 | £13,523 | Not reported | 70 |
| 19 August 2022 | £6,767 | £9,206 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 19 August 2021 | £12,244 | £5,748 | Not reported | 66 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 30%, from £12,244 in the year to 19 August 2021 to £8,549 in the year to 19 August 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 113% of its income in the year to 19 August 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 19 August 2024: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 19 August 2023 | £750 from 1 grant | Not reported |
| 19 August 2021 | £900 from 1 grant | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
12 trustees run the charity.
- Carla Rapoport BAChair
- Beverley Anne Metcalfe
- Bronwen Frow-Jones
- David John Jones
- Dr Alison Jane Linington
- Elizabeth Ruth Joynes
- Emma Prosser Ba Hons
- Kathryn Powell
- Martha Sian Powell
- Mavis Dorothy Ahern
- Sally Pardoe BSc
- Victoria Elizabeth Denney
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2025 | 19 June 2026 | Received 2 January 2026, 168 days early | Not required |
| 19 August 2024 | 19 June 2025 | Received 10 June 2025, 9 days early | Not required |
| 19 August 2023 | 19 June 2024 | Received 14 February 2024, 126 days early | Not required |
| 19 August 2022 | 19 June 2023 | Received 5 March 2023, 106 days early | Not required |
| 19 August 2021 | 19 June 2022 | Received 9 November 2021, 222 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 510080
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 28 May 1980
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 24 APRIL 1980
- Website
- www.brecontownband.com
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.