Sound Waves South West Music and Music Therapy Trust

Analysis

Sound Waves South West Music and Music Therapy Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sound Waves South West Music and Music Therapy Trust reported income of £82k and spending of £56k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £87k to £82k (-5.6%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 316%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sound Waves South West Music and Music Therapy Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gosforth and Jesmond Community Minibus (£82k), Chelmsford Round Table No. 132 Charitable Trust (£82k) and Dementia Support South Lincs (£82k).