Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 8

FINDING RHYTHMS

Finding Rhythms aims to assist and support prisoners and ex-prisoners in finding new patterns of behaviour. We do this through a combination of music courses, 1-2-1 mentoring and a nationally recognised employability certificate. Our work from time to time extends to individuals affected by crime, families of prisoners and connected communities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
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:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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
31/03/23	£104	£175	£-71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£151	£138	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£193	£99	£93	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£165	£169	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	£186	£158	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£161	£148	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£158	£171	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£166	£138	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£119	£79	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14	£61	£32	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.finding-rhythms.co.uk

info@finding-rhythms.co.uk

0208 125 4950

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other education support

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Youth Music	£89,029
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund	£40,000
AB Charitable Trust	£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£25,000
Co-Operative Group	£6,262
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000
Charles Hayward Foundation	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Grant - Finding Rhythms
£5,000	07/03/2024	To support a community programme for underserved young people who are at risk of entering the criminal justice system by providing engaging music activity where participants create original music over a series of sessions.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Finding Rhythms
£6,262	23/10/2021	Through unique music projects, we would bring together disadvantaged individuals at risk of isolation, offending and being marginalised.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Finding Rhythms
£4,000	16/03/2021	'Finding Your Voice' initiative supporting ex-prisoners
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Finding Rhythms
£15,000	21/01/2021	An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Finding Rhythms work with prisoners and those with a pattern of offending, to desist from crime by encouraging them to engage with constructive music initiatives and achieve a Princes Trust Employability ....more An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Finding Rhythms work with prisoners and those with a pattern of offending, to desist from crime by encouraging them to engage with constructive music initiatives and achieve a Princes Trust Employability qualification.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	18/12/2020	Core Funding
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Finding Rhythms CIO - 3
£40,000	15/10/2020 24	To support core costs enabling Finding Rhythms to achieve their strategic aims.
Youth Music - Music-led skills development
£89,029	24/04/2020	Music-led skills development
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Finding Rhythms
£10,000	09/01/2020	An unrestricted grant of £10,000. Finding Rhythms runs music-based education projects in prisons and the community, where learners compose and record original music while working towards a BTEC employability qualification.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000	23/10/2017 24	Revenue funding in support of music-based rehabilitation and training of prisoners
Youth Music - Improving employment prospects of 160 young prisoners, through music.
£97,890	28/10/2016	Improving employment prospects of 160 young prisoners, through music.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Finding Rhythms
£30,100	27/06/2016 36	Specialist training in music for young and adult, male and female prisoners across the UK
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Finding Rhythms
£7,300	08/02/2016	purchasing IT and digital equipment for a charity which works with prisoners and ex-offenders in London

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID CHRISTOPHER JENKINS Appointed: 2015

JOHN LLOYD REISS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Management Consultant

JULIE DARK Appointed: 2023

LISBETH JON DAVIES KINSELLA (Chair) Appointed: 2019

PROF JAMES CRABBE Appointed: 2023

ROBIN HARRIS Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2013, number: 1151872

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

c/o Beyond Profit Ltd
G104, Bolton Arena
Arena Approach
Horwich
BOLTON
BL6 6LB

Objectives

A. PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY;B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND MUSIC;C. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND MUSIC;D. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF DISADVANTAGE;E. THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH,BY MEANS (NOT EXCLUSIVELY) OF THE TEACHING AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF MUSIC IN PRISONS AND IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS ESTABLISHED FOR THE CARE OR EDUCATION OF PEOPLE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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