Registered charity (CIO) · London
Songbound
Songbound is a registered charity (number 1170427) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Oliver William Hunt since 2017. Latest income £489 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £489 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment and 2 more
- Where
- India, Sri Lanka
- Website
- www.songbound.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£489£392
- 2024£331£487
- 2023£611£493
Earlier years
- 2022£2k£582
- 2021£2k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ENCOURAGING THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) THE PROVISION OF REGULAR AND ON-GOING CHORAL WORKSHOP AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN IN INDIA AND SRI LANKA;B) THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULT CHOIR LEADERS IN INDIA AND SRI LANKA;C) THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOP AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA AND SRI LANKA FOR MUSICIANS FROM THE U.K.; D) THE PROVISION OF A BROAD AND NON-DENOMINATIONAL CURRICULUM OF VARIED MUSIC FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.
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
- Oliver William Hunt Chair since 2017
- Dr Ratna Jagathi Merugumalla since 2018
- Joseph Walters since 2016
- Nina Kanter since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Oliver William Hunt Chair since 2017
- Dr Ratna Jagathi Merugumalla since 2018
- Joseph Walters since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Oliver William Hunt Chair since 2017
- Dr Ratna Jagathi Merugumalla since 2018
- Joseph Walters since 2016
- Nina Kanter since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1170427
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Nov 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07967095775
- 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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