Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 9

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
2 Trustees: -2

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 4

RHYTHMS OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL

We provide food, clothing, toiletries and support to London's homeless. Our volunteers serve meals 365 days a year as well as handing out clean clothes, sleeping bags and personal hygiene products. We also provide a range of classes for the homeless, including IT, life skills, and English as a foreign language, to people to rebuild their confidence and find employment.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 2 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
19/07/22	*	£23	£52	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	360
19/07/21	*	£64	£36	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	390
19/07/20	*	£89	£21	£67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
19/07/19	*	£54	£23	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	103
19/07/18	*	£53	£16	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	80
19/07/17	*	£29	£16	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
19/07/16	*	£37	£9	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
19/07/15	*	£10	£8	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
19/07/14		£8	£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
19/07/13		£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
19/07/12	*	£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
19/07/11	*	£16	£16	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
19/07/10	*	£9	£13	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
19/07/09		£14	£11	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

WWW.RHYTHMSOFLIFE.ORG.UK

info@rhythmsoflife.org.uk

02074082220

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Camden, City Of Westminster, Hackney, Islington, Tower Hamlets,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
360 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£9,529
Crowdfunder	£7,665
CAF	£5,442
City Bridge Trust	£5,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£2,500
Co-Operative Group	£1,779

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£7,665	07/11/2022	Covid response
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rhythms of Life
£1,779	23/10/2021	We plan to run an ongoing programme of confidence building and life skills courses for homeless people, and help them find jobs and accommodation within the local community.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to rhythms of Life International
£2,500	02/06/2021 12	Small Grant unrestricted core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 resources
£9,529	27/11/2020 6	The funding will be used to provide food and essentials to people experiencing homelessness. The project aims to support their basic needs during Covid-19.
CAF - Grant to Rhythms of Life International
£5,442	01/07/2020 3	Grant to Rhythms of Life International to support the organisation through COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Rhythms of Life
£5,000	17/04/2020	A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rhythms of Life
£4,191	19/11/2018	We want to set up Social Enterprise Café in order to have a permanent soup kitchen and need to rent equipment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rhythms of Life International
£4,084	04/08/2017	We're acquiring a community centre from which we can provide the homeless with a base and deliver our food, clothing and hygiene service.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

AZHAR SHEIKH

LEILA ZEESHAN

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/07/2008, number: 1125016

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR22: 102 days late, AR21: 4 days late, AR20: 71 days late, AR19: 87 days late, AR18: 4 days late, AR17: 12 days late, AR16: 28 days late, AR15: 42 days late, AR12: 39 days late, AR11: 189 days late, AR10: 271 days late,

Main office

7 Bellsyard
Strand
London
WC2A 2JR

Objectives

THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN PARTICULAR BY THE SUPPLY OF MEDICAL AID TO SUCH PERSONS.TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS, TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SHELTER, FOOD, WAR FACILITIES AND EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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