Sound Church

Registered charity 1072196 Registered since 1998

Operates: Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

Elizabeth de Thierry Chair since 2021
Alan Mcwilliam since 2023
Jonty Needham since 2012
Kirsten Renate Ottley since 2022

6.5y median 4.5y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Jonty Needham since 2012

11.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Elizabeth de Thierry Chair since 2021
Jonty Needham since 2012
Kirsten Renate Ottley since 2022

Portfolio (1)

Alan Mcwilliam since 2023

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 6Health and social care 1Professional services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£943k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

28.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.4 in 2021

14 from 15 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

The Evangelical Alliance 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Sister Circle Similar size; both Human rights
Community Action Hampshire Similar size; both Human rights
Kent Refugee Action Network Similar size; both Human rights
Inclusion International Similar size; both Human rights
B: RAP LTD Similar size; both Human rights

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.soundchurch.co.uk
Email	admin@soundchurch.co.uk
Phone	01225445577
Address	FREEDOM HOUSE, LOWER BRISTOL ROAD, BATH, BA2 1EP

Finances

£942,870 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£769,439	£627,176
2022	£791,884	£747,836
2023	£893,620	£880,875
2024	£908,748	£899,857
2025	£942,870	£953,266

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingReligious ActivitiesArts/culture/heritage/scienceHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR PUBLIC EDUCATION;THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INCLUDING MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND ALSO INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PLANTING OF NEW CHURCHES AND ORGANISATIONS OF CONGREGATIONS;THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY;THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND ELDERLY;SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE BODIES AND INSTITUTIONS AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT;

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1ST OCTOBER 1998 as amended on 05 Dec 2022 as amended on 04 Dec 2022

Trustees (4)

4trustees

48median age

0aged 70+

Elizabeth de Thierry Chair since 2021
Alan Mcwilliamage band 55-59 since 2023
Jonty Needhamage band 40-44 since 2012
Kirsten Renate Ottleyage band 45-49 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

Sound Church LTD · 03642766 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 01/10/1998

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

The Evangelical Alliance 1 shared trustee

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