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SOUND CONNECTIONS

Registered charity 1095947 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Latest income
£426k
Latest spending
£428k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus on unrestricted funds of £5,294 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £425,591 and outgoing resources of £427,893. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds at year-end totalled £207,504, which is above the stated policy target of £160,840 required to cover six months of core running expenses.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ core running expenses (held: £208k)
“It has established a policy where unrestricted funds not invested in fixed assets should be at least enough to cover six months’ core running expenses.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sound Connections (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£638k
Total spending
£547k
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£106k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£426k£428k
31/03/2024£380k£421k
31/03/2023£354k£381k
31/03/2022£638k£547k
31/03/2021£536k£489k

Common questions

Is SOUND CONNECTIONS financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus on unrestricted funds of £5,294 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £425,591 and outgoing resources of £427,893. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds at year-end totalled £207,504, which is above the stated policy target of £160,840 required to cover six months of core running expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUND CONNECTIONS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUND CONNECTIONS as a grant recipient include THE ALDGATE AND ALLHALLOWS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE ALDGATE AND ALLHALLOWS FOUNDATIONFY2024£15k
THE ALDGATE AND ALLHALLOWS FOUNDATIONFY2023£15k

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