SOUND ROOMS LTD

Registered charity 1187484 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRE FOR INCLUSIVE MUSIC

Sound Rooms provides inclusive music education and training to children, young people and adults across Brighton and beyond. Young people, especially those with SEND, face many barriers to playing music mainly due to a lack of opportunities to develop their music skills. Sound Rooms is a unique and exciting development which will tackle these barriers by driving a step change in music education.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC AND THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS;(B) TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND PARTICULARLY MUSIC FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF SPACE FOR PRACTICE, REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE;(C) TO PROVIDE AND FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF MUSIC THERAPY FOR THE RELIEF OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS AND DISABILITY, AND THE ALLEVIATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES FOR THE BENEFIT OFTHE PUBLIC; AND(D) TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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

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

Registered contact address: Fareham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £45,325 to £61,533, resulting in a net income of £16,208 for the year. The trustees report that reserves are maintained in line with the stated policy of holding three to six months of expenditure. The charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2021 (received 01/07/2022, 1 day after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Edward Cadechair
• Andrew Comben
• PETER WILLIAM CHIVERS

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOUNDROOM COMMUNITY MUSIC PROJECT.

• THE SOUNDROOM COMMUNITY MUSIC PROJECT income £100k
• PERFORMING ROOM income £123k
• SOUND CONNECTIONS income £426k
• SOUNDS OF INTENT income £31k
• SOUNDCASTLE LTD income £326k
• SOUND MINDS income £403k

Side by side with its peers

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