Universal Music UK Sound Foundation

Analysis

Universal Music UK Sound Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05062390). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Universal Music UK Sound Foundation reported income of £370k and spending of £613k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £416k to £370k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 164% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Universal Music UK Sound Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Felix Thornley Cobbold Agricultural Trust (£370k), Ducklings Pre-School Learning Centre (£371k) and Society for Reproduction and Fertility (£370k).

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.