SOUNDABOUT

Registered charity 1103002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Soundabout exists to make a difference to the lives of those people who have complex disabilities by helping them develop their ability to communicate and interact with the world around them through music and sound.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £62,740, which is below the charity's stated policy upper limit of £75,699 (approximately three months of staff salaries and core costs). The charity reported a net income surplus of £44,135 for the year, driven by increased grants and donations, while expenditure grew by £50k to reflect increased project activity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Hodgkinson
• Ben Weston-Conway
• Bradley Travis
• Catherine Nunn
• Emily Nunns
• Helen Chandler
• Ishaan Pasricha
• Jamie Baird
• Kate Rann
• Mark Ross
• Mike Hartley
• Rob Ewels
• Timothy Hammond

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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