Soundcafe Leicester

Analysis

Soundcafe Leicester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Soundcafe Leicester reported income of £46k and spending of £38k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £84k to £46k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Soundcafe Leicester sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Association of the Antiochian Orthodox Parish of Central London (£46k), Ms Foundation Limited (£46k) and Freedom Vineyard Dartford (£46k).