SOUND MINDS

Registered charity 1079521 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sound Minds is a user led social enterprise applying the arts to improve the lives of people living with mental ill health through: music, filmmaking, theatre and the visual arts accredited courses in Popular Music and Filmmaking A booking agency for performances and workshops communicating about mental health a peer to peer hospital Ward Visiting service

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£403k
Latest spending
£336k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £226,840, exceeding the charity's stated policy target of three to six months of annual expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £67,372 and received an unqualified audit opinion, indicating no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of annual expenditure (held: £227k)
The Management Committee has a policy whereby unrestricted funds not committed or invested (Free Reserves) are held equivalent to three to six months of annual expenditure, to allow time for the charity to find alternative sources of funding in the event of an unanticipated reduction in income. — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Green & Peter (UK) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£403k£336k
31/03/2024£296k£240k
31/03/2023£219k£225k
31/03/2022£156k£155k
31/03/2021£142k£137k

Common questions

Is SOUND MINDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £226,840, exceeding the charity's stated policy target of three to six months of annual expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £67,372 and received an unqualified audit opinion, indicating no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Green & Peter (UK) Limited.

Who funds SOUND MINDS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUND MINDS as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£5kSmaller Grants

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£15kProject Funding
UK government13/10/2022£93kNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government13/10/2022£93kNational Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/10/2012£5k"Hear me now"
The National Lottery Community Fund13/09/2012£5kSound Minds General ICT Classes
The National Lottery Community Fund23/05/2005£3kDepartmental

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSIC MINDS MATTER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUND MINDS£403k0aboveno doubt
MUSIC MINDS MATTER FY2025£1.3m0unclearno doubt
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH) FY2024£63.7m£140,000 - £149,999unclearno doubt
SOUND FOUNDATION COMMUNITY CARE FY2024£130k0unclearno doubt
Tameside, Oldham, Glossop and Stockport Mind Ltd FY2025£4.3munclearno doubt
MIND IN WEST ESSEX FY2025£3.2maboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.