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Registered charity · Lancashire

Sound Roots

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £565k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.soundroots.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sound Roots
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£565k£425k
  • 2023£373k£422k
  • 2022£407k£459k
Earlier years
  • 2021£576k£414k

Income trend, 2021 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC’S APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF FOLK MUSIC BY:1. PROVIDING FOLK MUSIC ACTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM AT CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND OTHER EVENTS; AND 2. INCREASING PUBLIC ACCESS AND EXPOSURE TO FOLK MUSIC THROUGH DEVELOPING, PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING ITS PRACTICE. THE TERM “FOLK MUSIC” INCLUDES BOTH CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL FORMS.

Grants received

8 grants · £460,725 total

360Giving 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £253,496 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £96,748
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £77,981 (2 grants)
  • Youth Music · £30,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,500

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £48,0172023-04-28
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £29,9642023-03-30
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £96,7482022-10-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,5002022-04-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £96,7482021-12-13
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.

13 trustees on the board

4.9y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 13Education/training 2Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Business services 13Arts and leisure 7Hospitality 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£565k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.6 in 2021

5 from 5 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1192064
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 NOV 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23 OCT 2020 as amended on 20 Jul 2023
Companies House
Company number 09929705 · Active
Contact on the register
01706962885 · info@soundroots.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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