Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 11

THE SOUNDROOM COMMUNITY MUSIC PROJECT

The Soundroom is a community music charity which offers music and arts activities for a range of participants, including adults with learning disabilities, children, young and older people. The Soundroom also provides affordable rehearsal and recording facilities. The charity works for the public benefit and aims to advance education in music and the arts in Gateshead and surrounding areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

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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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		£51	£55	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22	*	£39	£53	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21		£51	£58	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/20	*	£71	£64	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/03/19		£59	£64	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/18		£55	£45	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£21	£33	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£27	£39	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£28	£25	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.thesoundroom.org.uk

thesoundroom@hotmail.com

01914771116

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

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

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Gateshead,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 volunteers

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

DCMS	£75,148
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,517
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd	£14,404
The Foyle Foundation	£6,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland	£2,750

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Music Making in Gateshead
£9,900	15/08/2022	The funding will be used to employ a part-time community musician and purchase musical equipment. This will enable them to deliver an outreach programme of music and social activities to existing and ....more The funding will be used to employ a part-time community musician and purchase musical equipment. This will enable them to deliver an outreach programme of music and social activities to existing and new residents and community groups in Gateshead. The aim is to support people to help reduce isolation and improve wellbeing which ahs been impacted by the pandemic.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£75,148	22/10/2021	To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a viable and sustainable basis by 31 March 2022.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - refurbishment of the Soundroom's basement into accessible space for community use
£4,404	14/08/2020	refurbishment of the Soundroom's basement into accessible space for community use
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Salary costs for business planning, development work and volunteering for Gateshead-based music studio
£10,000	06/03/2020	Salary costs for business planning, development work and volunteering for Gateshead-based music studio
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£6,000	28/11/2019	to cover the part-time Youth and Community Manager during yearend December 2020
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - After school performing arts sessions for children aged 5-11 in Gateshead starting in January 2020
£2,750	27/09/2019	After school performing arts sessions for children aged 5-11 in Gateshead starting in January 2020
National Lottery Community Fund - Increasing our community program
£9,617	03/09/2019 12	Increasing our community program

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BARBARA DONKIN Appointed: 2016

CHRISTOPHER CARTER Appointed: 2022

JUSTIN HANCOCK Appointed: 2014

LISA LEONARD Appointed: 2016

ANDREW TINKLER Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: COMMUNITIES TOGETHER DURHAM,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2014, number: 1157494

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
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

9 returns made; AR22: 16 days late, AR20: 1 days late, AR17: 8 days late, AR15: 189 days late,

Main office

REDHEUGH STUDIOS
CUTHBERT STREET
GATESHEAD
TYNE AND WEAR
NE8 1PH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN MUSIC AND THE ARTS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A VENUE IN GATESHEAD FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

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