FINDING RHYTHMS

Registered charity 1151872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

Objects

The objects of the CIO are for the public benefit in the UK: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;the advancement of education in the arts and music;the advancement of the arts and music;the relief of those in need by reason of disadvantage;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).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £11,160 for the year, with total income of £317,198 and unrestricted reserves of £59,421. These reserves are slightly below the stated policy target of approximately £60,000 (six months of core operating costs), though the trustees consider this broadly in line with their target. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no material matters identified, and the charity is considered a going concern with no material uncertainties.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Stephen Kania
• Dr Ronald Dodzro · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gurpreet Kaur Sanghera
• JOHN LLOYD REISS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Dark
• Lisbeth Jon Davies Kinsella
• Prof James Crabbe
• William Byron Davies

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHANGING TUNES.

• CHANGING TUNES income £821k
• THE RHYTHM STUDIO FOUNDATION income £103k
• MUSIC THERAPY WORKS income £393k
• BEATING TIME income £669k
• CROSS RHYTHMS income £214k
• PARTNERS OF PRISONERS AND FAMILIES SUPPORT GROUP income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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