SOCO MUSIC PROJECT

Registered charity 1190775 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOCO MUSIC TRUST

SoCo Music Project supports wellbeing and progression through music. Our core activities include: supporting young people at risk of offending; working with children and young people with special educational needs/disabilities; providing activities for adults who are vulnerable through substance misuse and/or poor mental health. We also support creatives to connect/collaborate through networking.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF MUSIC, THROUGH AND WITHOUT LIMITATION - PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING - IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE ENGAGEMENT AND PROGRESSION.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £88,733 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds falling into a deficit of £51,810. The trustees acknowledge cash flow challenges due to arrears in council payments but confirm adequate resources to continue operations until at least 2028 based on secured Arts Council funding.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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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 31/03/2021 (received 20/02/2022, 20 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06859322

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SoCo Music Project (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BALAGADDE, Abigail Busenze — director, appointed 29/10/2025on trustee list
• WHIBICKS, Laura Ann — director, appointed 05/02/2024on trustee list
• MAPLE, Kate — director, appointed 30/03/2022on trustee list
• WHITE, Ralph David — director, appointed 30/03/2022not on trustee list
• BLACK, Lesley Jane, Dr — director, appointed 30/03/2022not on trustee list
• KURN, Robert John Spencer — director, appointed 27/05/2020on trustee list
• ACHARJEE, Sukanta — director, appointed 14/05/2019on trustee list
• SALVAGE, Matthew James — secretary, appointed 11/05/2024

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert John Spencer Kurnchair
• Abigail Busenze Balagadde
• Kate Maple
• Laura Ann Whibicks
• Martin John Hanna
• Sukanta Acharjee

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUST MUSIC.

• TRUST MUSIC income £43k
• MUSIC SUPPORT UK income £376k
• MUSIC24 income £365k
• SAO FOUNDATION income £812k
• MUSIC AND ARTS PRODUCTION LEEDS income £520k
• KEY CHANGES MUSIC THERAPY income £276k

Side by side with its peers

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