Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

SOUND VISION CIO

We empower individuals and communities through personal development, education, creativity and communications. Through training, we offer solutions to a lack of opportunities, loneliness, isolation, and regional disparity. Our skills-based learning programmes are inclusive, supporting neurodiversity, learning disabilities, mental health challenges and those seeking employment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£116£113£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£104£111£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£118£90£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£86£65£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£65£57£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£58£39£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

https://soundvision.charity/

info@soundvision.charity

01761 411222

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Postcode Local Trust£17,640
Quartet Community Foundation£11,904
National Lottery Community Fund£9,657
DCMS£8,878
The Foyle Foundation£6,000
Somerset Community Foundation£4,052
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Sound Vision Sound Academy
£9,657 15/07/2022
The funding will be used to teach a range of audio and music production skills to young people aged 11-16 including children with Special Educational Needs and disabilities and children who require emotional support. The project aims to deliver an ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - Supporting young adults with learning disabilities and autism to learn communications, production and media skills at a community radio station
£2,500 02/03/2022
Supporting young adults with learning disabilities and autism to learn communications, production and media skills at a community radio station
Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted funding to deliver inclusive training supporting mental wellbeing
£17,640 26/02/2022
The grant meant more people can access skills-based learning that improves mental health while making fantastic radio for community benefit!
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£6,000 16/09/2021
towards core costs of running communications and media training programmes that enhance employability and build soft skills, practical communication skills and confidence
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to The Somer Valley Education Trust CIO
£8,537 21/07/2021
10
To develop a consultation process to improve inclusion, diversity and the quality of training programmes and strengthen infrastructure with the implementation of a CRM system.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,878 08/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Podcasts to share the stories of those managing their mental health during lockdown
£1,552 14/08/2020
3
Grant to Somer Valley Education Trust CIO
Quartet Community Foundation - Star Maker
£3,367 23/07/2020
For a training programme designed for school students that encourages inclusion while developing creative and technical skills.
Dulverton Trust - Street to Studio Employability Programme
£12,700 23/10/2019
Street to Studio Employability Programme
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

  • CHRIS WATT Appointed: 2017
  • MRS ANNIE MAW Appointed: 2017
  • MAXINE FELICITY STRIDE Appointed: 2022
  • PHILIP JOHN GIBBONS Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/05/2017, number: 1172980
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Sound Vision Charity
The Old Surgery
St. Chads Avenue
Midsomer Norton
RADSTOCK
BA3 2HG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR MEDIA BROADCASTING AND COMMUNICATION; AND(2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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