Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

SOUNDWELL MUSIC THERAPY TRUST 

Soundwell's mission statement is: "To enhance the mental health of people experiencing emotional and mental distress by promoting and providing an inclusive, community-based service of music therapy which includes outreach, short and long term groups and individual work"Music therapy is the use of musical instruments and the sounds they make to promote change and recovery.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 22 years

www.soundwell.org

enquiries@soundwell.org.uk

03003653400

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£214£192£22n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/22£153£173£-20n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£166£160£6n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20£233£182£51n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£247£235£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£223£238£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£228£183£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£181£182£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£200£199£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£157£172£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£170£173£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£155£136£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11?£76£64£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£106£85£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£63£63£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08£84£74£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07£71£70£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06£44£46£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£35£31£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£30£29£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 1 volunteer
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, Wiltshire,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£105,000
Quartet Community Foundation£80,230
Lloyds Bank Foundation£13,195
National Lottery Community Fund£9,636
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£9,000
Allen Lane Foundation£6,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£1,188 22/10/2022
We'd like to provide a 20-week music therapy group for adults experiencing severe mental health issues, facilitated by trained music therapists and using an array of instruments from around the world.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£5,000 28/09/2022
Toward one-to-one music therapy sessions and additional outreach and contact time in Bristol and Bath.
National Lottery Community Fund - Music Therapy for wellbeing – reaching and serving a diverse community
£9,636 08/07/2022
The funding will be used to run outreach sessions and singing groups for people with mental health needs within diverse backgrounds. The project aims to support mental wellbeing.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£6,000 04/03/2022
£6,000 single grant to contribute towards running costs of this mental health charity in Bristol
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Soundwell Music Therapy Trust - 09/02/22
£1,500 22/02/2022
Core Funding
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£500 01/02/2022
As requested by the donor towards providing music therapy for people with mental health issues.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£9,000 23/11/2021
43% of the running and salary costs for a charity delivering adult mental health music therapy in Bristol.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£105,000 23/09/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing music therapy to adults with mental health issues in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset.
Quartet Community Foundation - Music Therapy group for Neurodiverse Adults
£4,730 07/09/2021
5
For a 20-week Music Therapy group for Neurodiverse Adults with serious mental health needs, to be held weekly in central Bath.
Quartet Community Foundation - Income and Participant Diversification: Strengthening Soundwell for all
£40,000 21/06/2021
23
Toward the cost of income diversification work and community outreach work, with communities struggling to access services, over the next two years, to improve the group's resilience and secure their ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Soundwell Music Therapy Trust - 21/01/21
£1,000 03/02/2021
Core Funding
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£30,000 26/02/2020
The third year of a three year grant from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a project providing music therapy services to adults with mental health issues in Bath and North East ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£13,195 04/12/2019
12
The charity supports people with mental health issues. The grant would fund staff time to implement a new CRM, new computers and development of a community fundraising plan.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£30,000 04/03/2019
The second year of a three year grant from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a project providing music therapy services to adults with mental health issues in Bath and North East ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 25/07/2018
Provision of Music Therapy Services for adults with sever mental health needs within the City of Bristol
Quartet Community Foundation - Soundwell Service Development City of Bristol - 6 month test Project
£4,242 09/05/2018
5
For 3 separate music therapy outreach sessions in Bristol, starting with a 2 hour workshop session for unpaid carers on 12th June during National Carers week), associated staff development, ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£30,000 19/12/2017
The first year of a three year grant from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a project providing music therapy services to adults with mental health issues in Bath and North East ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£90,000 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing music therapy services to adults with mental health issues in Somerset and Wiltshire
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£2,500 18/10/2017
Music therapy for adults with mental health problems.
National Lottery Community Fund - Music Therapy for Mental Health and Inclusion
£498,859 08/04/2015
60
The project will develop its work supporting those who are severely affected by mental illnesses, including clinical depression, schizophrenia, OCD and personality disorders in the community. The ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
£17,800 31/07/2012
the costs of delivering two ten month music therapy sessions to people with mental health problems
National Lottery Community Fund - Music Therapy for Mental Health and Inclusion
£489,421 12/01/2010
72
This project, based in Wiltshire, Swindon, North East Somerset and North Somerset, will expand provision of music therapy services to new groups and new locations by supporting mental health service ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/10/2002, number: 1093992
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late,
Main office

Quaker Meeting House
Wedmore Vale
BRISTOL
BS3 5HX

Objectives

1. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH AND ASSIST IN REHABILITATING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS (THE BENEFICIARIES) LIVING IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND AND IN WILTSHIRE AND BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET IN PARTICULAR, THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF MUSIC THERAPY.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE MUSIC THERAPY PROFESSION INTO THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF MUSIC THERAPY FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND AND WILTSHIRE AND BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET IN PARTICULAR.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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