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SOUNDUK ARTS

Registered charity 1157305 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUNDUK ARTS LTD

Sound UK Arts is a new music producer which commissions music projects that tour across the country and digital work accessible online. It seeks to bring high quality new music to a diverse audience - especially those underserved - and to deepen their access and understanding of it through workshops, talks, live performances, installations and digital projects.

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Latest income
£245k
Latest spending
£250k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is ceasing operations and will close by the end of the next financial year, with the accounts prepared on a basis other than going concern. Per the trustees' report, the charity incurred a deficit of £5,309 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased expenditure against income that had risen by 23%. Remaining reserves of £61,660 are to be redistributed to other music charities after winding-up costs are covered.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“The accounts have been prepared on a basis other than going concern due to the trustees decision post year end that the charity will cease operations and close by the end of the next financial year.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£245k£250k
31/03/2024£199k£220k
31/03/2023£265k£237k
31/03/2022£289k£261k
31/03/2021£124k£119k

Common questions

Is SOUNDUK ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is ceasing operations and will close by the end of the next financial year, with the accounts prepared on a basis other than going concern. Per the trustees' report, the charity incurred a deficit of £5,309 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased expenditure against income that had risen by 23%. Remaining reserves of £61,660 are to be redistributed to other music charities after winding-up costs are covered. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/09/2023£10k"Secret Sounds of the Forest: an immersive creative experience raising awareness of the natural heritage of Beechenhurst Woods for marginalis"