Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 2

Accounts overdue -5
Multiple Deficits: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 2

SOUND WAVES

Provison of audio material for Blind and Partially Sighted people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
Latest accounts are overdue for filing
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/22	£7	£11	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	£3	£12	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20	£10	£12	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/19	£2	£11	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	£7	£14	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£8	£11	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£15	£13	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£14	£12	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£15	£12	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£23	£19	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£19	£16	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£21	£19	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£21	£21	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£21	£17	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£21	£17	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£21	£19	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£21	£19	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£17	£19	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£21	£18	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 47 years

www.soundwaves-online.org.uk

office@soundwaves-online.org.uk

01915556514

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Sunderland,

Who it helps

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Soundwaves Talking Newsletter
£10,000	20/05/2022	The funding will be used towards the running costs to continue providing a talking newspaper with recorded articles in a variety of audio formats and on the group's website for people who are blind ....more The funding will be used towards the running costs to continue providing a talking newspaper with recorded articles in a variety of audio formats and on the group's website for people who are blind and visually impaired. This aims to help reduce isolation and improve wellbeing which has been impacted by the pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Running costs
£2,500	17/08/2021	The funding will be used to allow the organisation to continue their work reading and recording to people who are blind or partially sighted. The project helps people who are visually impaired to ....more The funding will be used to allow the organisation to continue their work reading and recording to people who are blind or partially sighted. The project helps people who are visually impaired to feel connected to their local community as the group offer a talking newspaper talking magazine and a talking football fanzine.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A talking newspaper service
£2,500	19/07/2019	A talking newspaper service

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANGELA CROW Appointed: 2018

JANET NEWCOMBE Appointed: 2018

JEAN OLIVER Appointed: 2016

MIKE BRUNNING Appointed: 2012

MRS GERRY TASKER

MANDY METTERS Appointed: 2013

PAUL METTERS

TOM YOUNG Appointed: 2018

PHIL OLIVER (Chair), Other trusteeship: NEW SILKSWORTH INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/02/1977, number: 505124

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

21 TORONTO ROAD
THORNEY CLOSE
SUNDERLAND
SR3 4HU

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR THE PARTIALLY BLIND OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES ON LOAN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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