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.

Objects

3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND NEED AND THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS REGARDING POVERTY, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE UNDER-REPRESENTED IN THE MEDIA AND IN OTHER PUBLIC ARENAS, IN PARTICULAR BY IMPROVING MEDIA AND PUBLIC REPRESENTATION OF SUCH COMMUNITIES;(B) PROMOTING AND PROVIDING ACTIVITIES AND ADVICE TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS BY ENABLING ACCESS TO TRAINING AND SUPPORT;(C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2026

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

  • Volunteers: 7

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

  • Volunteers: 4

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

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 Sound Vision CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUNDDELIVERY MEDIA£314k—0below—no doubt
Sound Vision CIO FY2026£139k—0below—no doubt
SOUNDLINCS LIMITED FY2025£373k—0above—no doubt
SOUNDWELL MUSIC THERAPY TRUST FY2026£97k—0unclear—not going concern
SOUNDABOUT FY2026£532k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUND SENSE FY2025£55kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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