Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

SOUNDCAFE LEICESTER 

SoundCafe (SCL) aims to inspire those who are homeless or socially isolated as a consequence of their living arrangements, by providing safe creative spaces. SCL offers opportunities for guests to access services that encourage their physical, emotional and spiritual well-being, enabling them to sing together as a choir, creative writing, arts, crafts and football health & well-being workshops.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 9 years

soundcafe.org.uk

soundcafeleics@gmail.com

01162555921

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UN SDGs
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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
09/03/23£28£67£-40n/an/an/an/an/a14
09/03/22£57£57£0n/an/an/an/an/a11
09/03/21£84£44£40n/an/an/an/an/a17
09/03/20£26£38£-12n/an/an/an/an/a32
09/03/19£26£29£-3n/an/an/an/an/a37
09/03/18£54£30£24£0£0£0n/a00
09/03/17£47£19£27£0£0£0n/a00
10/03/16£17£8£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 14 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicester City, Leicestershire,

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£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,903
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
DCMS£5,537
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - SoundCafe Foxes Football Health & Well-Being
£9,903 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to provide weekly football sessions for the homeless people in the community. The project aims to combat social isolation; exclusion and loneliness; by helping guests to gain ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£7,500 01/04/2021
SoundCafe Leicester - Future Sustainability Post Covid-19
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Soundcafe Leicester
£20,000 07/08/2020
24
towards two years' running costs of a project providing a safe creative space for homeless and socially isolated people in Leicester.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,537 14/07/2020
"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 ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Soundcafe Leicester
£18,500 08/12/2016
24
towards two years' running costs of a project promoting social inclusion amongst homeless and socially isolated people in Leicester

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/08/2015, number: 1162987
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

SoundCafe Leicester
c/o St. Martins House
7 Peacock Lane
LEICESTER
LE1 5PZ

Objectives

AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND VALUES, THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND THE OTHER CHARITABLE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR LIVING IN VULNERABLE HOUSING OR WHO HAVE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN LEICESTER AND LEICESTERSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING A SAFE CREATIVE SPACE FOR THEM TO MEET REGULARLY BY OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES TO LISTEN TO AND TAKE PART IN MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCES, AS A MEANS TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE VULNERABLE HOUSING MEANS PERSONS WHO ARE SOFA SURFING DEFINED AS: SHARING A ROOF WITH SOMEONE WHERE THERE IS NO TENANCY RIGHTS; LIVING IN A HOSTEL OR SQUATTING IN A PROPERTY WHERE THERE IS NO TENANCY AT ALL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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