Sound Connections

Analysis

Sound Connections is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04561825). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sound Connections reported income of £426k and spending of £428k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £536k to £426k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sound Connections sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Lobster Hatchery (£425k), Brogdale Collections (£426k) and The Rank Prize Funds (£425k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.