Liquid Listening

Registered charity 1154224 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIQUID VIBRATIONS

Liquid Listening aims to increase the well being of disabled children, young people and adults, and explore ways to promote their education and health, increased awareness and meaningful involvement with their environment. We do this by providing underwater listening sessions for children with special and complex needs, creative music-making activities and training for their teachers and carers.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£168k

Latest spending

£135k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £33,210 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources increasing to £167,919. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £60,239, which is below the stated policy target of £92,000. The filing confirms that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six-months' running costs plus a dissolution fund (held: £60k)

“The trustees have considered the level of unrestricted reserves held by the charity and are comfortable that they fit within the charity's reserves policy of requiring a target level of £92,000, comprising six-months' running costs plus a dissolution fund” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

Andre Bernheim Charitable Trust — “Andre Bernheim Charitable Trust” (source page)
Angela Gallagher Memorial Fund 4 — “Angela Gallagher Memorial Fund 4” (source page)
Aspinwall Educational Trust — “Aspinwall Educational Trust” (source page)
BBC Children in Need — “BBC Children in Need” (source page)
Blackwood Engineering Trust — “Blackwood Engineering Trust” (source page)
Bonhomie United Charity Society — “Bonhomie United Charity Society” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Ian Frank Lushchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Clare Louise Smith
Duncan Fairbairn Chapman
Hannah Marina Bujic
Janet Elizabeth Tyson
Lorna Crust
Michael Graham Bettridge

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£168k	£135k
31/08/2024	£90k	£96k
31/08/2023	£103k	£79k
31/08/2022	£87k	£56k
31/08/2021	£28k	£13k

Common questions

Is Liquid Listening financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £33,210 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total incoming resources increasing to £167,919. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £60,239, which is below the stated policy target of £92,000. The filing confirms that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Liquid Listening?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Liquid Listening as a grant recipient include THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TOY TRUST, THE PIERREPONT TRUST, THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TRUEMARK TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£91k	Grant
THE TOY TRUST	FY2022	£35k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£9k	DISABILITY
THE TRUEMARK TRUST	FY2023	£7k
THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£6k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Specialised equipment, including sensory and play equipment and accessible toilets
THE PIERREPONT TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2023	£5k	Disability
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND	FY2023	£2k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k
THE BROUGHTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£500
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND	FY2024	£500
THE ARDWICK TRUST	FY2024	£200
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£200
THE ARDWICK TRUST	FY2026	£100

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	19/08/2014	£10k	Liquid Vibrations R&D at Redway School in Milton Keynes.