Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 14

Future income +5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +14

Overall GiG Score: 18

SOUNDDELIVERY MEDIA

Sounddelivery Media has a vision of a more equitable society where people with lived experience are part of creating social change. We work alongside people with direct experience of social injustice and inequality to advocate for themselves and their communities publicly by providing training, support and mentoring, media meet ups and media opportunities.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/01/23		£286,417	£222,570	£63,847	5
31/01/22		£172,198	£146,983	£25,215	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.sounddelivery.org.uk

jude@sounddelivery.org.uk

02079936340

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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

Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£280,000
Tudor Trust	£122,000
John Ellerman Foundation	£120,000
City Bridge Trust	£94,360
Trust for London	£88,150
Lankelly Chase Foundation	£39,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sounddelivery Media
£94,360	19/05/2023	£94,360 over two years (£47,180; £47,180) towards the programme delivery and content costs, external facilitators and overheads for a training programme to develop the skills and confidence of ....more £94,360 over two years (£47,180; £47,180) towards the programme delivery and content costs, external facilitators and overheads for a training programme to develop the skills and confidence of thirty six migrant domestic workers to advocate for their community in the media and influence public discourse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Future Voices
£10,000	28/04/2023	The funding will be used to support advocacy and awareness work by migrant domestic workers. The project aims to enable people to share their stories and challenge perceptions influencing policy and ....more The funding will be used to support advocacy and awareness work by migrant domestic workers. The project aims to enable people to share their stories and challenge perceptions influencing policy and improving life chances and wellbeing as they advocate for their community.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Backbone grants 2022-23 supporting a thriving civil society
£200,000	06/12/2022	Sounddelivery Media aims to help bring about a more equal world through enabling people with different kinds of lived experience to have a voice in shaping the present and the future. They work to ....more Sounddelivery Media aims to help bring about a more equal world through enabling people with different kinds of lived experience to have a voice in shaping the present and the future. They work to address representation and diversity of voice in the media, finding platforms for their network of spokespeople and building trusted relationships with journalists.
Trust for London - Sounddelivery Media
£6,150	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-05.10.2021-9375
John Ellerman Foundation - Staff salary for a Team Assistant and contribution to our Media Communications Manager salary. To extend our programme UK Wide
£120,000	29/09/2022	Staff salary for a Team Assistant and contribution to our Media Communications Manager salary. To extend our programme UK Wide
National Lottery Community Fund - Future Voices
£10,000	08/04/2022	The funding will be used to create a printed toolkit which can be used to assist migrant domestic workers to share their stories raise awareness challenge perceptions influence policy and advocate ....more The funding will be used to create a printed toolkit which can be used to assist migrant domestic workers to share their stories raise awareness challenge perceptions influence policy and advocate for themselves and their community along with providing media engagement support with the aim of promoting wellbeing.
Trust for London - Sounddelivery Media
£82,000	09/02/2022	The funding is for a Network Media Manager role for two years, supporting two new cohorts (28 leaders with lived experience), continuing support for SDM's previous two cohorts (24 alumni), to amplify ....more The funding is for a Network Media Manager role for two years, supporting two new cohorts (28 leaders with lived experience), continuing support for SDM's previous two cohorts (24 alumni), to amplify their voices on social inequalities and lead a ‘community of practice’ to share learning within the charity sector.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Sound Delivery
£39,000	25/11/2021	Sound Delivery
Tudor Trust - Grant to sounddelivery Media
£2,000	03/03/2021	as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to sounddelivery Media
£120,000	06/01/2021 36	over three years towards the core costs of the Being the Story Spokesperson Network, supporting those with direct experience of some of the biggest social issues facing the UK to create change by ....more over three years towards the core costs of the Being the Story Spokesperson Network, supporting those with direct experience of some of the biggest social issues facing the UK to create change by telling their stories
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Spokesperson Network
£80,000	06/10/2020	Sounddelivery Media are a charity who aim to amplify lived experience stories and expertise to address social inequalities. They work work towards greater representation and diversity of the voices ....more Sounddelivery Media are a charity who aim to amplify lived experience stories and expertise to address social inequalities. They work work towards greater representation and diversity of the voices heard in the media and beyond. This grant supports Soudndelivery Media to develop and deliver a spokespersons programme and network to enable people with lived experience to change perceptions, contribute to solutions, influence policy and create positive change through firsthand stories.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

EMMA RUTH PODESTA HARRISON Appointed: 2020

LISA NICOLE JONAS Appointed: 2020

SYLVIE CARLOS Appointed: 2022

CRAIG ANTONY JONES MBE Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: FIGHTING WITH PRIDE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/11/2020, number: 1192516

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

FLAT 3
79 TRINITY ROAD
LONDON
N22 8XZ

Objectives

3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND NEED AND THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS REGARDING POVERTY, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE UNDER-REPRESENTED IN THE MEDIA AND IN OTHER PUBLIC ARENAS, IN PARTICULAR BY IMPROVING MEDIA AND PUBLIC REPRESENTATION OF SUCH COMMUNITIES;(B) PROMOTING AND PROVIDING ACTIVITIES AND ADVICE TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS BY ENABLING ACCESS TO TRAINING AND SUPPORT;(C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

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