Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Static board: -3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 3

SCHOOL GROUND SOUNDS

Using the power of music, Grounded Sounds (formerly SGS) transforms the lives of young people aged 11 - 24 from disadvantaged backgrounds in lower income areas of London. Through a variety of programmes the charity provides high quality, creative experiences that develop musical talent and build confidence and life skills, supporting the transition into adulthood and improving career prospects.

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:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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: 9 years

http://www.groundedsounds.org

anthony@schoolgroundsounds.org

07581302583

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/23	£176	£180	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/22	£154	£160	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/21	£160	£140	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/12/20?	£129	£128	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/11/19	£134	£97	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
30/11/18	£87	£85	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/17	£66	£50	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/16	£33	£33	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/15	£18	£12	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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	£115,826
National Lottery Community Fund	£29,486
The Foyle Foundation	£23,000
City Bridge Trust	£13,184
Woodward Charitable Trust	£2,750
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,750	15/03/2024	Core costs
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£15,000	28/11/2023	towards core costs in 2024
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bridge
£9,696	02/06/2023	The funding will be used to to deliver a 6-week summer programme for disadvantaged 15-17 year olds in South London who have musical talent and interest but no means to access tuition or training. ....more The funding will be used to to deliver a 6-week summer programme for disadvantaged 15-17 year olds in South London who have musical talent and interest but no means to access tuition or training. This project aims to help beneficiaries to learn key music skills and improve their confidence problem-solving skills and self-discipline.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000	24/03/2023	Core costs
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to School Ground Sounds
£2,000	18/05/2022	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Youth Music - Recharge Fund
£48,000	28/03/2022	Recharge Fund
National Lottery Community Fund - The Grit School
£9,900	24/09/2021	The funding will be used to provide music industry training for young people primarily from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. The project aims to improve skills mental health and motivation also ....more The funding will be used to provide music industry training for young people primarily from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. The project aims to improve skills mental health and motivation also addressing the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£8,000	30/09/2020	towards implementing an IT platform for monitoring and evaluation
Youth Music - The Grit School 2020 - 2021
£28,244	03/07/2020	The Grit School 2020 - 2021
City Bridge Trust - Grant to School Ground Sounds
£13,184	08/05/2020	A grant of £13,184 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Youth Music - Coronavirus - Emergency Fund
£9,823	16/04/2020	Coronavirus - Emergency Fund - Organisational sustainability
Youth Music - From Scratch
£29,759	05/07/2019	From Scratch
National Lottery Community Fund - From Scratch
£9,890	27/06/2019 12	The project aims to develop music and employability skills to create better futures for participants and the funding will be used to deliver a music project for young men.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000	25/04/2019	towards an after-school music workshop programme at one school for one term in 2019/20
BBC Children in Need - Grant to School Ground Sounds
£23,730	10/05/2017 36	This project uses music production workshops to increase the self-esteem, widen the horizons, and improve the motivation of 126 children and young people experiencing poverty over 3 years.
Youth Music - The Grit School
£18,196	17/03/2017	The Grit School

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHARLES SCOTT Appointed: 2014

JACK KEELING Appointed: 2014

THOMAS ANTHONY KEOHANE (Chair) Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2014, number: 1159676

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

14 HENDERSON ROAD
LONDON
SW18 3RR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE ADVANCEMENT OF MUSICAL EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS BY HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO ACCESS THE MUSIC PRODUCTION PROCESS AND MUSICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT.

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