Registered charity (CIO) · Leicester
Soundcafe Leicester
Soundcafe Leicester is a registered charity (number 1162987) based in Leicester, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £46k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £46k (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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- Leicestershire, Leicester City
- Website
- soundcafe.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£46k£38k
- 2024£40k£60k
- 2023£28k£67k
Earlier years
- 2022£57k£57k
- 2021£84k£44k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND VALUES, THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND THE OTHER CHARITABLE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR LIVING IN VULNERABLE HOUSING OR WHO HAVE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN LEICESTER AND LEICESTERSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING A SAFE CREATIVE SPACE FOR THEM TO MEET REGULARLY BY OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES TO LISTEN TO AND TAKE PART IN MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCES, AS A MEANS TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE VULNERABLE HOUSING MEANS PERSONS WHO ARE SOFA SURFING DEFINED AS: SHARING A ROOF WITH SOMEONE WHERE THERE IS NO TENANCY RIGHTS; LIVING IN A HOSTEL OR SQUATTING IN A PROPERTY WHERE THERE IS NO TENANCY AT ALL.
Grants received
9 grants · £85,953 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
- Henry Smith Foundation · £38,500 (2 grants)
- Postcode Community Trust · £10,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,903
- Postcode Places Trust · £8,980
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £7,500
Most recent
- Postcode Community Trust
- Postcode Places Trust
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Alan Keith Fletcher since 2021
- Lisa Gemma Parkes since 2022
- Martin Furniss since 2024
- Pete Miller since 2019
- Rev Anthony Robert Leighton since 2025
- William Leslie Gregory since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Pete Miller since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Lisa Gemma Parkes since 2022
- Pete Miller since 2019
- Rev Anthony Robert Leighton since 2025
- William Leslie Gregory since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Alan Keith Fletcher since 2021
- Martin Furniss since 2024
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1162987
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 04 Aug 2015
- Contact on the register
- 07780607063 · soundcafeleics@gmail.com
- 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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