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Universal Music UK Sound Foundation

12 trustees
Income £370k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website: www.umuksoundfoundation.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Universal Music UK Sound Foundation
Registered: 2004

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£370k£613k
2024£428k£819k
2023£423k£753k

Earlier years

2022£417k£697k
2021£416k£493k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF MUSIC INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ITS COMPOSITION THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF SOUND REPRODUCTION AND THE HISTORY OF MUSIC) AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ENABLE PERSONS IN NEED TO BY INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC TUITION WHICH THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO AFFORD

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.2y median 2y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Adam Barker Chair since 2016
Keith Harris OBE since 2014

10.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

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 12General Charitable Purposes 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Disability 2Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Tech and media 24Other services 14Arts and leisure 12

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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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£370k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1104027
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 MARCH 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 16 MARCH 2004, 25 MARCH 2004, 20 SEPTEMBER 2004, 10 MARCH 2005, 23 SEPTEMBER 2008 AND 22 SEPTEMBER 2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01 OCT 2018
Companies House: Company number 05062390 · Active
Contact on the register: 02039326785 · umuksoundfoundation@umusic.com
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th 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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