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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK SOUND FOUNDATION 

The aim of the Charity is to support music education for young people in all its forms. Funds are distributed for: Bursaries for music students Individual grants are awarded to: i) funding schools music education eg purchase of instruments/equipment or projects ii) funding musical instruments for students in full time education iii) funding training for music teachers
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£423£753£-330n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/22£417£697£-279n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/21£416£493£-77n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/20£435£737£-303n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/19£491£777£-286n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/18£415£827£-412£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£414£673£-259£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£307£684£-378£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£354£646£-292£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£439£632£-193£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£374£595£-221£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£298£680£-382£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£279£636£-357£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£355£416£-61£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£350£450£-100£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£363£427£-65£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£384£514£-130£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£294£251£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£6,258£427£5,831£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years

www.umuksoundfoundation.com

umuksoundfoundation@umusic.com

02039326785

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-87
  • ADAM BARKER (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Lawyer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/05/2004, number: 1104027
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/03/2004, number: 05062390
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Universal Music UK Sound Foundation
Universal Music
4 Pancras Square
LONDON
N1C 4AG

Objectives

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF MUSIC INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ITS COMPOSITION THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF SOUND REPRODUCTION AND THE HISTORY OF MUSIC) AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ENABLE PERSONS IN NEED TO BY INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC TUITION WHICH THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO AFFORD

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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