BRIGHTER SOUND LTD

Registered charity 1154803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHTER SOUND

Inspiring and creative music-making projects & activities including residencies, workshops, courses and training for children, young people, emerging professional musicians and adult learners. Consultation and support for the music education sector and strategic development of the music offer for the region with emphasis on children in challenging circumstances and emerging musicians.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £7,440 on unrestricted funds, resulting in free reserves of £38,201. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves remain lower than the targeted policy of £60,000, which represents approximately three months of fixed running costs. The trustees expressed comfort in the organisation's viability as a going concern, citing secured work and a stable core cost base despite a challenging funding environment.

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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 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 (69% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Virginia Ann Tandychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amalie Bronwen Briden
• Andy Lovatt
• Matthew Wilde
• Michael John Ball
• Rachel Davies
• Robert Matthew Shaw
• Sarah Biggerstaff
• Thomas Fazal Rabbani
• Wing Hon Anthony Lee · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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