The CIO
As of 2025, the Poynton Brass Band Association (PBB) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The Charity's Governing Document formed from it's 1981 “Constitution” was incorporated into the purchase deed of the Clumber Road Methodist Chapel the bands first “band owned” building. Its objectives are the same now as then.
Objective
The object of the CIO is to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of brass band music by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public events.
Why does the CIO exist?
The Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) owns, in trust, the Band’s collateral (e.g. the band room, instruments, music). The Trustees have a duty of care to ensure that the band is run in-line with the Governing Document and to ensure that the band manages it’s affairs in a proper and legal manner.
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In the event of the band having to be wound up, the Trustees are charged with passing on its collateral to a similar/suitable organisation. Thus it has many band responsibilities along the journey of the life and dissolution of the band.
Charitable Status
Originally a Trust, Charitable Status was gained in 1981 which enabled it to also seek funding from corporate organisations wishing to support such registered charities.
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In particular it enabled the Trustees to sign up a sponsorship agreement with the Vernon Building Society in 1988. This was the start of a very good and suitable partnership with a local organisation. They have been a first class sponsor now for 24 years. Their sponsorship money is paid to the Trust which then passes on funds to the band committee for the running of the band.
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Following a change of Trustees and hosting a Special General Meeting in 2025, the Charity moved from a Trust structure to a Charitable Incorporate Organisation (CIO) and a modernisation of the Charity's Objective.