UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK SOUND FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1104027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMI MUSIC SOUND FOUNDATION

The aim of the Charity is to support music education for young people in all its forms. Funds are distributed for: Bursaries for music students Individual grants are awarded to: i) funding schools music education eg purchase of instruments/equipment or projects ii) funding musical instruments for students in full time education iii) funding training for music teachers

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£370k

Latest spending

£613k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document contains no financial data, narrative, or statements regarding the charity's financial health, reserves, or operations. It consists solely of repeated Docusign envelope identifiers and a date, with no substantive content from which to derive a financial assessment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05062390

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Universal Music UK Sound Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

Universal Music — “Universal Music UK Sound Foundation is an independent music education charity, established in 1997 to celebrate the centenary of EMI Records…” (source page)

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.

EMMERSON, Michelle Elaine — director, appointed 23/07/2025on trustee list
LILLEY, Stephen Mark — director, appointed 26/03/2025on trustee list
BRATCHELL, Duncan John Timothy — director, appointed 26/03/2025on trustee list
RITCHIE, Ms Sharlotte — director, appointed 26/03/2025on trustee list
BROWN, Yolanda Faye — director, appointed 03/08/2023on trustee list
AROWOLO, Laura — director, appointed 11/03/2021on trustee list
BARKER, Adam Martin — director, appointed 16/03/2016on trustee list
HARRIS, Keith — director, appointed 07/10/2014not on trustee list
HIBBITT, Josephine Margaret — director, appointed 01/10/2009not on trustee list
WADSWORTH, Antony Ronald — director, appointed 02/07/2004not on trustee list
HUGHES, David — director, appointed 17/05/2004not on trustee list
HILL, Leslie Francis — director, appointed 17/05/2004on trustee list
ORR, Margaret Jane — secretary, appointed 17/05/2004

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Adam Barkerchair
Duncan Bratchell
JO HIBBITTT
KEITH HARRIS OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Laura Arowolo
Leslie Hill
MR D HUGHES
Michelle Elaine Emmerson · trustee of 1 other charity
Sharlotte Ritchie
Stephen Lilley
TONY WADSWORTH CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
YolanDa Faye Brown · trustee of 1 other charity

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 end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£370k	£613k
31/07/2024	£428k	£819k
31/07/2023	£423k	£753k
31/07/2022	£417k	£697k
31/07/2021	£416k	£493k

Common questions

Is UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK SOUND FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document contains no financial data, narrative, or statements regarding the charity's financial health, reserves, or operations. It consists solely of repeated Docusign envelope identifiers and a date, with no substantive content from which to derive a financial assessment.

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 CHANDRIS FOUNDATION	1	£6k
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation.

Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation income £101k
SIERRA LEONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION TRUST (UK) SLGSOBA income £144k
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS CHARITABLE FUND income £937k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FURNITURE MAKERS' CHARITABLE FUNDS INCORPORATING THE FURNISHING TRADES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION income £829k
THE MATERIAL WORLD FOUNDATION LIMITED income £800k
CRANLEIGH FOUNDATION income £469k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK SOUND FOUNDATION	£370k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Sinfonia Smith Square Foundation FY2024	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SIERRA LEONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION TRUST (UK) SLGSOBA FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£937k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FURNITURE MAKERS' CHARITABLE FUNDS INCORPORATING THE FURNISHING TRADES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION FY2025	£829k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MATERIAL WORLD FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2023	£800k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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