SOUND WORLD

Registered charity 1178026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sound World activities fall into three basic categories.1. Music education - including composition workshops, talks & an annual competition for young composers.2. Music promotion - concerts & multimedia productions such as In The Steps of Apollo a planetarium music show.3. Music commissioning - working with a range of composers from young composers to those with international reputations.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF LIVE PERFORMANCES (INCLUDING CONTEMPORARY MUSIC) OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD.2) THE PROMOTION OF MUSICAL EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE CREATIVITY AND COMPOSING SKILLS OF IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE.3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£2k
Latest spending
£3k
Registered
2018

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

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Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£2k£3k
05/04/2024£6k£13k
05/04/2023£7k£2k
05/04/2022£708£672
05/04/2021£7k£6k

Common questions

Who funds SOUND WORLD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUND WORLD as a grant recipient include VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATIONFY2023£1kPublic Performance