Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 10

SOUND CONNECTIONS

Sound Connections develops, supports & empowers young Londoners through high quality music-making opportunities. We do this by delivering groundbreaking participatory music projects, providing professional development to music organisations and practitioners, and undertaking high quality action research and advocacy to promote best practice in music education.

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Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 21 years

www.sound-connections.org.uk

info@sound-connections.org.uk

020 7729 7220

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£354	£381	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£638	£547	£91	£5	£279	£236	5.2	10
31/03/21		£536	£489	£47	£5	£188	£130	3.2	8
31/03/20		£380	£321	£59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£305	£318	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	*	£364	£347	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17		£336	£350	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16		£347	£347	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15		£332	£316	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/14		£293	£355	£-62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13		£309	£288	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12		£323	£345	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/11		£715	£746	£-31	£10	£137	£10	0.2	5
31/03/10		£983	£982	£1	£7	£168	£73	0.9	5
31/03/09		£556	£519	£38	£16	£167	£10	0.2	4
31/03/08		£527	£470	£58	£13	£130	£65	1.7	4
31/03/07		£410	£443	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/06		£344	£307	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05		£277	£278	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04		£396	£320	£77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
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 Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

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

Youth Music	£300,000
DCMS	£172,150
BBC Children in Need	£42,625
The Foyle Foundation	£25,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Youth Music - Inclusive Practice in Action
£300,000	12/10/2022	Inclusive Practice in Action
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£25,000	03/12/2021	as salary support towards frontline staff who work on the Wired4Music programme working with and supporting disadvantaged young people over the next twelve months (awarded grant in response to ....more as salary support towards frontline staff who work on the Wired4Music programme working with and supporting disadvantaged young people over the next twelve months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sound Connections
£42,625	31/07/2020	Covid19 - This project will provide training sessions, 1-1 support and work placements within the music industry to young people who are experiencing greater financial and mental health issues as a ....more Covid19 - This project will provide training sessions, 1-1 support and work placements within the music industry to young people who are experiencing greater financial and mental health issues as a result of COVID-19, to develop life skills and employment options.
DCMS - Sound Connections Cultural Recovery Fund
£82,500	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Music Education Hub Support Programme - Area Consultancy
£89,650	01/04/2020	The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given ....more The wider aim of the scheme is: We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
Youth Music - Towards a musically inclusive London
£159,980	19/01/2018	Towards a musically inclusive London
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sound Connections
£60,000	10/01/2017 36	£60,000 over three years (£14,000; £22,000; £24,000) towards staff costs – project management and coordination, freelance costs, associated running costs and training sessions to develop and ....more £60,000 over three years (£14,000; £22,000; £24,000) towards staff costs – project management and coordination, freelance costs, associated running costs and training sessions to develop and expand the Challenging Music Network in London.
Greater London Authority - Grant to Sound Connections
£49,650	21/03/2016	London Schools Excellence Legacy Fund - Subject Knowledge Fund

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-58

MATHILDA TAYLOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Musician

MILLI-ROSE RUBIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Musician

NANRET SENOK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor

SASHA MATTOCK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Dance And Music Artist

ANDREW FRAME Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

ESTHER BOKUMA LENDA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Student

GEMMA KNOX Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Senior Vice President, Business Development

NORTON YORK (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2003, number: 1095947
Registered at Companies House on 14/10/2002, number: 04561825

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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; AR18: 2 days late,

Main office

RICH MIX CULTURAL FOUNDATION
35-47 BETHNAL GREEN ROAD
LONDON
E1 6LA

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;(B) TO FURTHER ANY PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME AS THE COMPANY THINKS FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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