SOUNDDELIVERY MEDIA

Registered charity 1192516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sounddelivery Media has a vision of a more equitable society where people with lived experience are part of creating social change. We work alongside people with direct experience of social injustice and inequality to advocate for themselves and their communities publicly by providing training, support and mentoring, media meet ups and media opportunities.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£314k
Latest spending
£325k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £10,986 for the year ended 31 January 2026, with total income of £314,255 against total expenditure of £325,241. Free reserves stood at £28,868, which the Trustees note is below their policy target of three months of unrestricted operating expenditure. Despite the deficit, the Trustees confirm the charity has sufficient resources to continue operating for at least 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £29k; policy: three months of budgeted unrestricted operating expenditure)
“At 31 January 2026, free reserves were £28,868, equivalent to approximately 1.3 months of budgeted unrestricted operating expenditure. The charity was therefore not yet in line with its reserves target at the year end.” — page 23
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — sounddelivery media (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2026£314k£325k
31/01/2025£327k£301k
31/01/2024£280k£307k
31/01/2023£286k£223k
31/01/2022£172k£147k

Common questions

Is SOUNDDELIVERY MEDIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £10,986 for the year ended 31 January 2026, with total income of £314,255 against total expenditure of £325,241. Free reserves stood at £28,868, which the Trustees note is below their policy target of three months of unrestricted operating expenditure. Despite the deficit, the Trustees confirm the charity has sufficient resources to continue operating for at least 12 months. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUNDDELIVERY MEDIA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUNDDELIVERY MEDIA as a grant recipient include PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, TRUST FOR LONDON, THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATIONFY2023£200kBackbone Fund
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£120kCore costs to support Sounddelivery to deliver its work linking journalists and communities so that those with lived experience of social injustice are able to
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2024£97k2018-2024 strategy: Stronger voices
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2022£82kStronger voices
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2024£45kmaterials on payment for participation and involvement practices

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation01/10/2024£48kGrant to Sounddelivery Media
The National Lottery Community Fund12/07/2024£20kFuture Voices
City Bridge Foundation19/05/2023£94kGrant to Sounddelivery Media
The National Lottery Community Fund28/04/2023£10kFuture Voices
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2022£10kFuture Voices

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEOPLE'S VOICE MEDIA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUNDDELIVERY MEDIA£314k—0below—no doubt
PEOPLE'S VOICE MEDIA FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUND PROGRESSION LTD FY2025£163k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MEDIA TRUST FY2025£1.9m——above—no doubt
SOUND FOUNDATION COMMUNITY CARE FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt
RURAL MEDIA CHARITY FY2025£1.7m£70,001 - £80,0002below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.