Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

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:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 11 years

www.finding-rhythms.co.uk

info@finding-rhythms.co.uk

0208 125 4950

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£104£175£-71n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£151£138£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£193£99£93n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/20£165£169£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£186£158£28n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£161£148£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£158£171£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£166£138£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£119£79£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£61£32£28£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
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
Charles Hayward Foundation£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
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 ....more
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
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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 ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 23/10/2017
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
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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
Based on 5/6 persons

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

6 North View
London
Greater London
SW19 4UJ

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).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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