BEATING TIME

Registered charity 1158013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHOIRS BEATING TIME

Set up and run singing & performance groups with prisoners and other groups whose health has been impaired or who are at the risk of exclusion from society. Our creative groups have a personal and development aspect, promoting the well-being and personal development of the groups, reducing the likelihood of re-offending by ex-offenders and helping the members re-join and contribute to society.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SETTING UP CHOIRS IN PRISONS AS A MEANS TO BUILD THE SKILLS AND CAPACITY OF OFFENDERS SO THAT THEY CAN BREAK THE CYCLE OF RE-OFFENDING ON RELEASE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the financial year with a net deficit of £16,331, resulting in total reserves of £243,556. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £134,573 comply with their stated policy to maintain reserves at or above 25% of operating expenditure. Cash at year-end was £210,147, and the trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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

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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Beating Time (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (72% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Heather Jane Phillips
• Henry James Featherstone
• Paul John Jackson
• Rachel Mary Mace
• Shoaib Ahmad Mr
• Simon David Morgan

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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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TIME TOGETHER.

• TIME TOGETHER income £450k
• TIME AND TALENTS ASSOCIATION income £616k
• FINDING RHYTHMS income £317k
• PERFORMING ROOM income £123k
• OUR TIME income £314k
• CHANGING TUNES income £821k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.