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SOUND SENSE

Registered charity 1080918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sound Sense promotes the value of community music and helps community musicians to develop their professional practice. We have an important role to play in helping to increase participation in music-making among disadvantaged and minority groups. And by supporting the sector we develop the creative economy.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC TASTE, APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£55k
Latest spending
£55k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £379 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £54,966 and expenditure of £54,587. The trustees confirm that the charity is fully able to continue to operate in its core model for the foreseeable future, supported by unrestricted reserves of £18,661 and a designated redundancy fund of £5,370.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000
“No employee's emoluments exceeded £60,000” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: From charitable activities (99% of income)
“From charitable activities - developing community music 54,641”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months operating costs (held: £19k)
“Investment powers and policies are to retain surplus funds of not less than three months operating costs” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£55k£55k
31/03/2024£54k£53k
31/03/2023£54k£52k
31/03/2022£57k£51k
31/03/2021£63k£64k

Common questions

Is SOUND SENSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £379 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £54,966 and expenditure of £54,587. The trustees confirm that the charity is fully able to continue to operate in its core model for the foreseeable future, supported by unrestricted reserves of £18,661 and a designated redundancy fund of £5,370. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of SOUND SENSE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.