SOUNDLINCS LIMITED

Registered charity 1086483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUNDLINCS

SoundLincs designs and delivers high quality, creative & innovative music-making opportunities which acknowledge the unique needs & individual circumstances of the diverse communities we work with primarily across the East Midlands - promoting inclusivity, tackling social exclusion, undertaking research, and reducing health inequalities in partnership with local, regional & national agencies.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO 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.

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

Latest income

£373k

Latest spending

£404k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £4,322 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement from the previous year's deficit of £57,836. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £67,062, which the Board considers sufficient to meet the policy target of covering three months of operating costs, although they aim to increase this to four months by March 2026. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating costs (reserves figure: £67k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted free reserves at a level to allow the charity to research and develop new programmes and funding strategies to enable it to continue in its charitable objectives, and to provide sufficient funds to cover redundancy provision and three months operating costs in the event of it having to cease operating.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: One member of staff who left during the year is a domestic partner of one of the trustees. This trustee declares an interest at times of salary reviews and staffing matters. There were no other related party transactions during the year.

“One member of staff who left during the year is a domestic partner of one of the trustees. This trustee declares an interest at times of salary reviews and staffing matters. There were no other related party transactions during the year.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £281,055 — contracts £46,468 (12), grants £234,587 (16); 75% of the £373,074 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £236,283 — contracts £84,533 (14), grants £151,750 (9); 86% of the £274,386 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £92,444 — contracts £25,444 (14), grants £67,000 (7); 62% of the £148,174 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Elizabeth Mahoney
Benjamin Selway
Crauford George Alexander Thomson
Dominic James Graham Symonds
Dr Robert Dean
Heather Kay Benson
Jane Sandra Ellis
Sarah Charlotte Grundy

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Northamptonshire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire · Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£373k	£404k
31/03/2024	£274k	£279k
31/03/2023	£148k	£206k
31/03/2022	£278k	£268k
31/03/2021	£366k	£181k

Common questions

Is SOUNDLINCS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £4,322 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement from the previous year's deficit of £57,836. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £67,062, which the Board considers sufficient to meet the policy target of covering three months of operating costs, although they aim to increase this to four months by March 2026. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/07/2026	£20k	Inside Voices
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/04/2025	£12k	Inside Voices
Postcode Lottery	29/07/2024	£25k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/01/2024	£250k	"Future of the Past 2"
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/08/2022	£30k	Musical communities
UK government	20/12/2018	£10k	Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/11/2018	£78k	"Future of The Past"
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/12/2006	£99k	SoundOUT

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	2	£600k
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION	1	£200k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£179k
THE ED SHEERAN FOUNDATION	1	£120k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£120k
THE KARLSSON JATIVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£49k
THE ALDGATE AND ALLHALLOWS FOUNDATION	1	£45k
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION	1	£45k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MUSICLINKS LIMITED.

MUSICLINKS LIMITED income £42k
SOUND SENSE income £55k
SOUND CONNECTIONS income £426k
SOUNDDELIVERY MEDIA income £314k
Sound Vision CIO income £139k
SOUNDCASTLE LTD income £326k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUNDLINCS LIMITED	£373k	—	above	—	no doubt
MUSICLINKS LIMITED FY2025	£42k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUND SENSE FY2025	£55k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUND CONNECTIONS FY2025	£426k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUNDDELIVERY MEDIA FY2026	£314k	—	below	—	no doubt
Sound Vision CIO FY2026	£139k	—	below	—	no doubt

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