Registered charity · Bath
Sound Church
Sound Church is a registered charity (number 1072196) based in Bath, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Elizabeth de Thierry since 2021. Latest income £943k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Freedom Bath, Freedom-Bath, Freedom Centre UK (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £943k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 6 more
- Where
- Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City
- Website
- www.soundchurch.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sound Church LTD
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£943k£953k
- 2024£909k£900k
- 2023£894k£881k
Earlier years
- 2022£792k£748k
- 2021£769k£627k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
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;
Grants received
1 grant · £35,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Joseph Rank Trust · £35,000
Most recent
Board analysis
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
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonty Needham since 2012
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
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
28.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1072196
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1ST OCTOBER 1998 as amended on 05 Dec 2022 as amended on 04 Dec 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 03642766 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01225445577 · admin@soundchurch.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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