Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 7

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 5

SOUNDLINCS LIMITED

soundLINCS provides a wide spectrum of music opportunities for young people & communities across the East Midlands - including working in partnership with local, regional & national agencies to provide and develop high quality, creative & innovative music-making opportunities which acknowledge the unique needs & individual circumstances of the diverse communities & organisations with whom we work.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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
31/03/23		£148	£206	£-58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£278	£268	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£366	£181	£185	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£276	£344	£-68	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£298	£398	£-100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£339	£391	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£370	£361	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£305	£372	£-67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£353	£408	£-56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£357	£432	£-75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£389	£385	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12	*	£450	£425	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£668	£531	£137	£69	£405	£399	9	9	0
31/03/10		£560	£543	£16	£83	£268	£268	5.9	9	0
31/03/09		£684	£651	£33	£102	£252	£252	4.7	11	0
31/03/08		£483	£416	£67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£446	£389	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£398	£375	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£344	£327	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£384	£348	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 24 years
(25 years as a company)

www.soundlincs.org

info@soundlincs.org

01522510073

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Derby City, Derbyshire, Leicester City, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Rutland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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

DCMS	£268,500
National Lottery Community Fund	£30,000
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Musical communities
£30,000	25/08/2022	This funding will support soundLINCS to continue and expand their therapeutic music service Musical Communities. Musical Communities offers small group and one-to-one music sessions for people in Lincolnshire experiencing anxiety and depression. ....more This funding will support soundLINCS to continue and expand their therapeutic music service Musical Communities. Musical Communities offers small group and one-to-one music sessions for people in Lincolnshire experiencing anxiety and depression. There is a therapeutic value to the music activities themselves and the project also acts as a bridge to support participants to engage with social activities.
The Postlethwaite Music Foundation - Grant to soundLINCS
£1,000	26/05/2022	Upbeat! - a participatory music health and wellbeing project across Lincolnshire
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£76,500	05/08/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
DCMS - SoundRECOVERY
£128,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - soundSUPPORT 2021
£64,000	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£10,000	20/12/2018	Co-designing improvements to their current space with care leavers to make it more welcoming and able to respond to loneliness
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£10,000	20/12/2018	Co-designing improvements to their current space with care leavers to make it more welcoming and able to respond to loneliness
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to SoundLINCS
£78,000	22/11/2018	Future of the Past
Youth Music - soundPLAT4M
£150,000	11/05/2018	soundPLAT4M
Youth Music - Musical Inclusion: scaling it up
£30,000	21/07/2016	Musical Inclusion: scaling it up

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 49-56

DOMINIC JAMES GRAHAM SYMONDS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: University Professor

DR ROBERT DEAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Lecturer

PATRICK GARVEY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Head Of Department & H.E. Module Leader

PAUL COURTNEY CLARKE Appointed: 2022

SARA BLAIR-MANNING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Heritage Manager

SARAH CHARLOTTE GRUNDY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Local Authority Officer

TRACY JEFFERY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Associate Tutor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/05/2001, number: 1086483
Registered at Companies House on 10/03/1999, number: 03730138

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 58 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR04: 102 days late,

Main office

Soundlincs
soundHOUSE
Garmston Court
18 St. Martins Lane
LINCOLN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO MUSIC

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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