Registered charity · Manchester
Brighter Sound LTD
- 10 trustees
- Income £632k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Virginia Ann TandyChair · since 2020
- Amalie Bronwen BridenTrustee · since 2025
- Andy LovattTrustee · since 2016
- Matthew WildeTrustee · since 2016
- Michael John BallTrustee · since 2016
- Rachel DaviesTrustee · since 2021
- Robert Matthew ShawTrustee · since 2021
- Sarah BiggerstaffTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas Fazal RabbaniTrustee · since 2021
- Wing Hon Anthony LeeTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.brightersound.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Brighter Sound LTD
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£632k£652k
- 2024£658k£708k
- 2023£544k£727k
Earlier years
- 2022£728k£816k
- 2021£753k£492k
Charitable objects
TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN [ENTER IF REQUIRED ] BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN MUSIC; (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. ADVANCING EDUCATION IN THE ARTS BY PROVIDING TRAINING IN MUSIC, INCLUDING WORKING WITH EMERGING MUSICIANS WHO HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND, OR NEED SUPPORT IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Dr Virginia Ann Tandy Chair since 2020
- Amalie Bronwen Briden since 2025
- Andy Lovatt since 2016
- Matthew Wilde since 2016
- Michael John Ball since 2016
- Rachel Davies since 2021
- Robert Matthew Shaw since 2021
- Sarah Biggerstaff since 2025
- Thomas Fazal Rabbani since 2021
- Wing Hon Anthony Lee since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Virginia Ann Tandy Chair since 2020
- Andy Lovatt since 2016
- Matthew Wilde since 2016
- Michael John Ball since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Amalie Bronwen Briden since 2025
- Andy Lovatt since 2016
- Matthew Wilde since 2016
- Michael John Ball since 2016
- Rachel Davies since 2021
- Robert Matthew Shaw since 2021
- Sarah Biggerstaff since 2025
- Thomas Fazal Rabbani since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Virginia Ann Tandy Chair since 2020
- Wing Hon Anthony Lee since 2021
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
0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1154803
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 APR 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/10/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 05100495 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0161 546 5334 · info@brightersound.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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