Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE RHYTHM STUDIO FOUNDATION

The Rhythm Foundation is a charity that works alongside The Rhythm Studio to fund music activities for children and young people in London. We offer financial support for music projects based in and out of schools and hospitals, providing young people with musical opportunities that would not otherwise be possible.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£96£72£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£68£63£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£77£39£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£47£53£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£60£68£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£89£62£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£57£43£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£40£33£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£33£30£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£13£11£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£15£4£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

http://www.rsfoundation.co.uk

info@rsfoundation.co.uk

07843424897

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to The Rhythm Studio Foundation
£2,000 02/02/2023
Cost-of-Living Uplift
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to The Rhythm Studio Foundation
£30,000 11/03/2020
36
The RSF Primary Schools Rock & Pop Music Workshop Programme 2020-2023

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ALEJANDRA LOZANO NODAR Appointed: 2023
  • CAROLINE CAREY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Company Director
  • CHRISTOPHER HODGES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Company Director
  • CAROLINE ANNE BISHOP Appointed: 2021
  • ELISA OSS PAPOT Appointed: 2024
  • FRANCIS GERARD MARTIN Appointed: 2021
  • JIM KANDUNIAS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
  • STEPHEN JENKINS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Marketing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/01/2012, number: 1145472
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Ealing Hammersmith & West London College
Gliddon Road
LONDON
W14 9BL

Objectives

THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY ARE:TO ADVANCE THE MUSIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN LONDON.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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