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2022-03-31-accounts

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS for the period ending 31 MARCH 2022

Charity Registration Number 1151872

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Finding Rhythms CIO

HMDING RHYTHMS Trustees, Annual Report and Accounts, 2021-22

Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts, 2021-22

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INDEX PAGE
Reference & Administrative Details 4
Trustees’ Report:
Structure, Governance and Risk Management 5
Objects 5
Mission 6
Words from the Chair 6
Statement of Public Benefit 7
Achievements and Performance 8
Plans for 2022-23 9
Impact – Summary of Activities 11
The Finding Rhythms Team 13
Trustees 15
Board Associates 16
Benefactors in 2021-22 16
Financial Statements & Reserves Policy 17
Independent Examiner’s Report 18
Statement of Financial Activities 19
Balance Sheet 20
Notes to the Accounts 21-26
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Legal Name: Finding Rhythms CIO
Charity Registration 1151872
No:
Registered address: 6 North View, London SW19 4UJ
Governing Document: Constitution dated 2nd May 2013
Revised 12th March 2020
Trustees who served: Jonty Kinsella, Chair
Mike Conway
Robin Harris
David Jenkins, Treasurer
John Reiss
Mykaell Riley (resigned 20th April 2022)
Kieron Tilley (resigned 20th April 2022)
Prof James Crabbe (appointed 6th December 2022)
Board Associates Julie Dark (appointed 6th December 2022)
Patrons: Baroness Floella Benjamin, OBE
Gerard Elias, CBE QC
His Honour Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC
Robin Millar, CBE
Herb Nahapiet, OBE
Max Reinhardt
Principal staff: Robin Harris, Creative/Operations Director
Dami Solebo, Business Director (resigned 20 [th] April 2022)
Katie Weatherall, Business Director (appointed 14 [th] June 2022)
Louise Cooke, Administrator
Bankers: CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Avenue,
Kings Hill, West Malling,
Kent, ME19 4TA
Independent Examiner: Debbie Mace
23 Forgebank Walk,
Halton, LA2 6FD
Website: www.finding-rhythms.co.uk
Social media https://www.facebook.com/FindingRhythms
https://www.instagram.com/findingrhythms/
https://twitter.com/FindingRhythms
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Trustees’ Report

The Trustees are pleased to present their annual report together with the financial statements for Finding Rhythms CIO for the year ending 31 March 2022.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).

Structure, Governance and Risk Management

Finding Rhythms was founded as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with a Constitution dated 2nd May 2013.

During the financial year ending March 2022, seven Trustees served on the Board of Finding Rhythms and they are referred to throughout this report as the Trustees or the Board. The Trustees represent a broad range of skills and experience, spanning business, education, governance, music, and the criminal justice sector. They do not receive any remuneration for their roles as Trustees.

Day-to-day management of the charity is the responsibility of the Creative Director, the Business Director and the Administrator, with continual support and advice from the Trustees.

During 2021-22, the Board met formally five times and held a number of less formal meetings with management to guide operations and ensure that the charity continued to meet its charitable objectives.

The Trustees have reviewed the major risks and are confident that there are appropriate systems in place to manage them.

Objects

The objects of Finding Rhythms laid out in its Constitution are as follows:

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.

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Mission

We deliver collaborative music-making courses for those at risk of offending or reoffending, either within the prison estate or in the community. Our creative courses utilise music industry professionals and coaches, who empower marginalised and disadvantaged individuals to improve their lives. Our distinctive approach gives beneficiaries confidence, self-belief and soft skills, preparing them for a better future in society and supporting desistance.

Our culturally relevant practitioners use high quality music production equipment and modern values to provide meaningful opportunities. Their expertise and emotional intelligence ensure that a unique and untapped sense of creativity is coaxed from participants, empowering them in a distinct way.

From the commencement of the charity to 31 March 2022 we have worked with over 600 participants in over 30 prisons, and 200 participants in probation and community settings, completing 60 albums of original music. Over 350 of our participants have achieved qualifications.

Words from the Chair

We started the 2021/22 financial year with prisons still in lockdown, so our efforts were directed at supporting under-served young people and ex-prisoners in the community. We delivered projects of various styles with our partners at Only Connect, School Ground Sounds, YMCA City and North London and Camden Centre for Learning (a Pupil Referral Unit).

During lockdown, prisons were graded according to the Covid situation with many in total lockdown to visitors. When things eased in late 2021, we were able to deliver some projects in a few prisons. In particular, we began to embed our work in Woodhill, a Category A prison near Milton Keynes, where several projects were delivered back-to-back for prisoners with mental disorders. The Chief Inspector of Prisons, when on an inspection at Woodhill, noted that: ‘The music developed by the charity Finding Rhythms was inspirational. It fostered creativity, improved communication skills and wellbeing, and those taking part said it had given them a sense of worth and joy’ . Other prison work that happened in this financial year included projects with Chelmsford, Aylesbury and Brixton.

Despite these difficulties, we have produced 11 albums of music, which can be found along with our entire archive on Spotify, Bandcamp and our website. We also won a Youth Music Award for Best Original Track for the song ‘Spending My Nights’. Creative Director Robin Harris wrote and recorded a series of fifteen podcasts, interviewing a variety of musicians we work with to describe the different genres of music being actively produced by young people. These have been produced to enhance our work in prisons, but are also of interest generally, and are available on podcast platforms including Spotify. We have also produced a second edition of our guidebook - A Musical Journey - which has been published to include direct reference to the podcasts. Additionally, work has continued with musician recruitment, and new training manuals have been developed. With the help of Premier Public Relations, we completed the development of a new and much-improved website.

In the spring of 2022, after two years of invaluable work, our Business Director Dami Solebo resigned. Dami has worked tirelessly throughout lockdowns on zoom, and has moved the charity into the community and embedded links to organisations who can support us in our mission. He has grappled with problems with thought and commitment and will be much missed.

We are now working with Katie Weatherall who has joined us as Business Director from the British Council. Katie has a great deal of experience in the charity sector, working with music to improve the

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lives of people in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world.

In January we reinstated the post of administrator and I am delighted that Louise Cooke has joined us in this role. Apart from her administrative skills, Louise has a background in film, a great asset for recording our work. Louise is also responsible for maintaining our communications platforms.

In the current financial year of 2022/23, we are working hard to meet the revived interest for our programmes now that covid measures have mostly eased across the prison estate. In the first six months of this year we had already completed more projects in prisons than the whole of last year and have a full pipeline of projects to complete before the end of March. We are also developing strategies around our community work in youth diversion/prevention and “through the gate” to further develop the encouraging community partnerships we have built in recent years. To meet this demand we are also onboarding several new musicians to deliver our programmes. In November 2023, Robin Harris was interviewed on the BBC Radio 3 programme Music Matters alongside two beneficiaries, which was very well received. In December, we were pleased to appoint James Crabbe and Julie Dark as Board Associates to advise in the areas of evaluation and communications, respectively.

As always, I thank my fellow Trustees and the executive, for the sterling work they have done under difficult conditions.

Statement of Public Benefit

Whilst the country as a whole has emerged from lockdown relatively quickly, the prison estate continues to face numerous challenges. The vast majority of prisoners have been locked in their cells for 23 hours a day over the last two years, preventing them from participating in any physical or mentally stimulating activities. According to a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons in 2021 “inmates have been chronically lonely and exhausted, often sleeping most of the day…the most disturbing effect of the restrictions was the decline in prisoners’ emotional, psychological and physical wellbeing”.

Clearly there is a need for meaningful provision, providing prisoners with the opportunity to build positive relationships, work to deadlines, improve wellbeing and consider their life beyond incarceration. In 2016, Dame Sally Coates’ independent review of education in prisons was published, making a strong case for putting education at the heart of the prison regime and for making leadership accountable. Since the review, there has been little improvement in the quality of prison education. During this time, over 60% of prisons have been graded inadequate or requiring improvement for education, skills and work. The pandemic compounded these issues and the efforts of institutions and civil society organisations to attempt to support prisoners through remote delivery, and in-cell packs, did little to improve the wellbeing of prisoners.

A recent Ofsted report into the pandemic’s continuing impact on education providers stated that ‘prisons have been slow to maximise prisoners’ participation in face-to-face education, skills and work activities. In many cases, this has been near impossible with restrictions despite significant post-lockdown developments in the community. This is a result of high staff turnover, restrictions preventing group activity and a myriad of other challenges. Clearly it is the job of civil society to find improved ways to work in an evolving climate, evidenced by the theme of the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance’s most recent conference ‘What does building back better look like in criminal justice?’

Having returned to the estate during the financial year, we have seen the genuine benefits of our work, not only for education purposes but in supporting the wider wellbeing of our participants. We recently worked with HMP Woodhill, in a joint NHS and HMPPS funded project supporting individuals with significant

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mental health challenges. Dr Frances Maclennan is a consultant clinical psychologist, and she worked closely with us during the 6-week programme. She said the following. “As a result of early trauma and the complex context of prison, many men do not trust professionals or the environment that they are in. Having the Finding Rhythms team come in with no agenda or intention other than to support the men to create was a very new experience. It was refreshing and new for many of the prisoners to be able to engage in such an open and authentic way and they had a purpose and a voice!”

Testimonies like this only reinforce our belief in our activities and services, and push us to deliver and provide more, even in the face of significant challenges and restrictions.

Achievements and Performance

Below is a summary of the targets for 2021-22 outlined in last years’ Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts, and our ability to fulfil them.

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Plans for 2022-23

For much of 2020 and 2021, it was incredibly difficult to detach our activities and wider strategic plan from the general spectre of Covid. Prisons were risk averse, rightly so, preventing external organisations from delivering activities, and our community partners were working with young people facing greater personal challenges, changing their priorities, and making it more difficult to plan our projects. One of the things that we have learned is that it is increasingly difficult to set targets with respect to reaching people, and it is important to work more collaboratively with our prison and community partners. This ethos has been at the heart of our more recent work, which has focused on delivering more with fewer partners, embedding our services, working more closely with senior leadership teams, and having a stronger appreciation for the other services being provided. This will remain a core strategic goal for the charity. We will continue to deliver projects at HMP Woodhill and Aylesbury, among others, and through these partnerships, work with mainstream populations, prisoners in segregated health care units and connect our work with ‘through the gate’ services, supporting the transition process for people close to release. Our NHS-funded work in Woodhill has provided us with a delivery framework to work with individuals facing more substantive mental health challenges, and the success of the project has opened a new area of work for us. We will be exploring opportunities to work with units supporting prisoners/ex-prisoners with mental health issues. We recognise that in order to meet the demand for our projects, our musicians and practitioners will need to be upskilled, receive further training and supervision. With the support from the Triangle Trust, our team will offer more structured and ad hoc support to incumbent and new musicians.

Our growth ambitions in the prison estate will be matched with those in the wider community. We will continue to work with like-minded charities including Project Turnover and YMCA, but, for the first time, we will be delivering our own project (i.e., leading on recruitment, promotion and building relationships with participants to support post intervention). This will provide us with a unique opportunity to build our profile with referral partners (e.g. probation), build stronger alumni relationships and establish a more refined identity. Additionally, we will be working with organisations in Lewisham, including the Horniman Museum,

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providing creative projects for young people considered as NEET (not in employment, education or training). We will be capitalising on the fact that Lewisham is London’s Borough of Culture for 2022. It remains our ambition to develop a hub within the community where we can develop a ‘through the gate’ offer for our alumni and others leaving prison. Our main strategic goal is to increase the volume of meaningful interventions whilst continuing to hone our operating procedures and effectiveness.

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Impact and Summary of activities

Notwithstanding the constraints of the pandemic we:

We know that our projects help learners to develop in three important areas: Relationships, Employment, and Identity. Below is some feedback from our evaluation process and quotes from participants.

Identity

We give participants the chance to shine at something, whether that’s singing, rapping, lyric writing or being a facilitator and to take pride in their achievements, We also empower them to be honest and vulnerable in constructive ways.

88% of participants said projects helped them feel more positive and optimistic

88% said that the projects helped them to feel more useful

“Some of the men associated making music with drug taking or circumstances in their life that they may now feel are more linked to offending. One participant commented on how it had been so good to engage in music again, but in a positive, pro-social way which was more aligned with how he feels about life now” – Prison Staff, HMP Brixton

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“One of the young people I was working with at the YMCA, just did not have that much confidence in himself. He’s got a lot of pressure on him, but I saw him working so hard and just trying new things. By the end of the session, his head was held high, because he was doing something he knew he couldn’t do before” – Musician who worked on YMCA partnership

“The course has motivated my thinking and behavioural pattern, as well giving me positive options, and this is because, unlike other projects in prisons, we feel dedication from the Finding Rhythms team” – Participant, HMP Chelmsford

Relationships

The challenge of creating music from scratch requires participants to work as a team, communicate effectively and respect each other’s contribution.

85% said that the course helped them to work with other people

83% said that the course helped them to communicate and listen

“Music empowers people to open up. The Finding Rhythms project helped me to come out of my shell and motivate other people. Now I have some good friends and I’ve been bringing from the people to my studio” – Participant from Only Connect partnership

“I watched four prisoners from one of our projects go from having a passing knowledge of each other, to kind of be like brothers. The way they speak about each other now means that if one of them is down they look out for each other. I know that has a really positive impact on the culture of a prison” – Musician, referring to HMP Woodhill project

“Lots of our students experience trauma, and their intervention has a big impact and is beneficial for their mental health. It impacts immensely on the rest of their school week and relationships throughout the school” – Head, Camden Centre for Learning PRU

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Employment

Our courses encourage many of the soft skills that employers look for including communication and task management.

94% of participants said the project helped their planning and organisation skills

82% said that the project improved their ability to work to deadlines

“The group work challenged men to listen to other ideas/compromise and find ways to collaborate. It was great to see this happen quite organically as the session progressed and I know it will be invaluable to these guys” – Occupational Therapist, HMP Brixton

“The young people who participated, left each day with a drive to work extra hard on their talent, and explore ways to further themselves” – Youth Team Coordinator, Rugby Portobello Trust

“Finding Rhythms is the reason that I’m in University right now. It’s a big thing for me, because I don’t even have grades from school” – Participant from Only Connect partnership

The Finding Rhythms Team

Robin Harris - Founder, Trustee & Creative/Operations Director Robin is a Musical Director, Composer & Producer who works across a variety of fields in the music industry and currently works as Musical Director for The Ritz (London) and Soho House (London). He has led more than 25 Finding Rhythms projects after founding the organisation in 2012. He is passionate about music education and re-connecting people with their creative selves.

Dami Solebo - Business Director (to April 2022) Dami has over 10 years’ experience working in both the private and third sectors. In the latter, he has worked in fundraising and programme development leadership roles growing the impact of charities supporting marginalised and challenged youth throughout the UK.

Katie Weatherall - Business Director (June 2022) Katie Weatherall has over 10 years’ experience working in the non-profit arts sector. She has worked across contemporary pop genres in roles at British Underground managing their international artist development projects and British Council’s Music team, managing their Selector Radio show and projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is a trustee of RUSS, a community land trust building affordable homes in Lewisham.

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Louise Cooke - Administrator from November 2021

Louise studied film and media production at the Northern Media School and came away with a Masters’ degree in Film Production and Screenwriting. Since then, she has worked on various independent and commercial media projects. More recently she has also spent time working with young filmmakers on workshops.

Aron Kyne - Project Leader

Aron has been writing and producing music individually and with other artists for over 10 years. He works closely with solo artists, providing songwriting and production in a wide variety of different genres, but specialised in soul, R&B, Hip Hop, pop, and Jazz. Aron has experience of working in a wide range of settings including prisons, low secure units, hospitals, and youth clubs.

Fred Harper - Project Leader

Fred Harper Is a drummer, producer, writer, and stage performer. After attending the BRIT school in London, Fred went on to graduate from the Leeds College of Music with first class honours. Fred considers community and charity work to be the most important contribution musicians can make to society. As well as his recent work with Finding Rhythms, in 2020/21 he devised a programme with the charity ‘Sense’, to deliver online music workshops to deaf-disabled children who were shielding, with the use of vibrating body packs.

Thabo Mkwananzi - Project facilitator

Thabo is a singer who is drawn to making music that educates, entertains, and empowers the listener. He credits this to being raised on a diet of Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, and Dolly Parton. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Thabo started singing in church where he and his childhood friends formed an acapella group. After moving to the UK, he joined a hip hop soul band and there honed his craft as a songwriter and a performer He has released 3 solo EP’s, toured with artists such as Seal and collaborated on music with Idris Elba and Naughty Boy.

Andre Hall - Project facilitator

Dre is a multi-genre producer/DJ with over 7 years of experience in the music industry. Across his career he has achieved over 250,000 monthly Spotify listeners, 80 million YouTube views and 20 million Spotify Streams of his music. His career success has also allowed him to perform headline shows across Australia, India, Germany, Ibiza & South Korea and to support the world-renowned DJ “Darren styles”. He has recently composed for the 2021 Wimbledon Championship and is currently composing for the upcoming London theatre show “Addictive Beat”.

Zola Marcelle - Project facilitator

Zola has been singing since the age of 11. Her sister introduced her to the recording studio and since then she has worked both in the studio and as a live performer. Her work as a session singer has seen her perform alongside Joss Stone, Jeff Beck, JP Cooper, Michelle Williams, and others in venues such as The Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and The Jazz Cafe. As a solo artist, Zola is steadily growing her craft in the fields of jazz/fusion/soul, and her performances include appearances at the EFG London Jazz Festival and the We Out Here Festival.

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Trustees

Jonty Kinsella | Chair

Jonty studied Food Science and Nutrition at London University, then went on to teach for 44 years, including at university level and in secondary schools. During this time, she was chief examiner for an A- level syllabus, a curriculum developer in the field of design and technology, a researcher into how children form scientific concepts, author of textbooks and reviews, and a co-author of a BBC schools television series. Until recently she was also a trustee of her local bridge club, the largest in the UK. Jonty also served for 10 years as a magistrate and chair in both the South West London adult court and the Central London Family court. She also served as a staff-elected governor for a large comprehensive school in London. Jonty is a keen traveller, gardener, theatre goer, cook and bridge player.

Robin Harris

See above.

David Jenkins | Treasurer

David had an early career in international banking, followed by some years restructuring industrial companies in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. For the past 20 years he has been a director of Squint/Opera Ltd., a digital creative agency.

John Reiss

John is an experienced business and not-for-profit leader. He is Executive Chairman of Premier, the UK’s largest communications agency specialising in international entertainment, arts and culture, as well as being Chair of a portfolio of entrepreneurial businesses including multiplex cinema operator Peckhamplex. He is a member of BAFTA, a patron of the arts and active in charitable organisations having chaired Missing People for 10 years. He is currently a trustee of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Kieron Tilley (retired April 2022)

Kieron has worked with hard-to-reach groups for 20 years across the commercial, public and VCSE sectors and was a founding member of the Prison Radio Association. He formerly worked for BBC People & BBC Network Radio, managing learning content and outreach activity, and sat on the BBC’s Corporate Responsibility Reporting Strategy Group. He currently works for the City of London Corporation. He is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Mykaell Riley (retired April 2022)

Mykaell’s career started as a founding member of Steel Pulse. Over the years he has performed, produced, managed, and consulted on many successful projects. Mykaell is Head of Music Production at University of Westminster and has worked as an external examiner for a number of other universities and colleges. In 2004, he established The Black Music Research Unit. Mykaell sits on the academic board for the Museum of London.

Mike Conway

Mike has spent over 40 years working in the prison system, serving in a variety of operational roles in many prisons. He was Governor of several prisons before leaving the public sector after 25 years to join Sodexo Justice, where he opened the country’s only dual gender prison at HMP Peterborough. He then became Director of UK Operations, and is currently Director of Strategy and Corporate Change. He is a qualified coach and supervisor, and is also involved in other prison charity work.

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Prof. James Crabbe

James is an Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and runs a Special Interest Group on Education in the Criminal Justice System for the Educators’ Company in the City. A former freelance recording engineer and producer, he works with young talented musicians for the Worshipful Company of Musicians. James is a former National Leader of Governance and in 2021 celebrated his first 10 years as Chair of Governors of a Further Education College.

Board Associate

Julie Dark

Julie is a strategic leader with extensive communications and marketing experience within the creative industries (BBC, Guardian, ITV, Technicolor) and in Arts education (University of the Arts London). She has established communications infrastructures and led complex projects within challenging high-profile environments in the UK and internationally. Julie is passionate about theatre and music, both as a performer and a spectator. She is also a fervent advocate for greater equality and inclusion in society.

Benefactors in 2021-22

The Board wishes to thank all those individuals and organisations who have supported the Charity with grants and donations. Note 2 of the accounts include a list of all grants received, restricted and unrestricted, for this and the previous year. Our website lists all those who have supported us over the past five years. Statutory bodies which have provided us with significant grants include the Arts Council and the National Foundation for Youth Music. We have received grants from a variety of institutions, including the Triangle Trust 1949 Fund for training and development, the John R. Murray Charitable Trust, the Aurum Trust, and the Annette Duvollet Trust. We continue to receive generous donations from private individuals which we value highly. The support we have obtained from our benefactors during this and the previous year has enabled us to expand our programmes steadily, in line with our resources, as the opportunities have arisen.

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Financial Statements

There was a surplus of £12,829 for the year (2020-21 - £93,487). Total income was £151,291, (2020-21 - £192,553). We continued to receive much valued grants and donations, but due to the continuing few programmes we were able to complete, our commission revenue was low. Expenditure in 2021-22 was £138,462 (2020-21 - £99,066). During the latter part of the financial year, the Charity’s programme deliveries picked up, hence our programme expenditure increased from the low level of the previous year.

The funds of the charity as at 31 March 2022 totalled £229,759 (31 March 2021 - £216,930). Of this, £35,000 was allocated to a designated contingency fund; £119,422 was restricted funds and the balance of £110,337 was unrestricted, of which £35,000 is designated. During the current financial year, our programme delivery has steadily increased, enabling us to put to good use the balances held of restricted funds. We also continue to receive increasing levels of commission fees from both prisons and our community partners, reflecting the value they attribute to our programmes. However, we plan to continue to widen our reach both in prisons and the community, and therefore building long term relations with Trusts and Foundations continues to be a priority.

Reserves Policy

The Trustees have agreed to designate part of the charity’s unrestricted reserves to a contingency fund. The aim is that this contingency fund will be maintained at the level of approximately six months of running costs, (i.e., net of programme costs). The contingency fund will be managed by the Board of Trustees.

At the end of this financial period, £35,000 of unrestricted funds have been identified as suitable for this purpose. The Trustees will review this policy annually, considering the operating costs of the charity and the associated risks.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019.

This report was signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees by

Jonty Kinsella Chair

Date: 6.12.2022

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HMDING RHYTHMS Trustees, Annual Report and Accounts, 2021-22 Independent ￿%￿nIner'S Report to the Trustee• of the Flndlng Rhythm I report to the charity trustees of Finding Rhythms on the account8 for the year ended 31 March 2022 Set out on pages 19 to 26. R*spectlve responslblllties of the trttstees examlntr The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees eonsider that an audit is not requjred for thjs year (under section 144 121 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) l and that an independent exarnination xs needed. It xs re8ponsxbiJity to.. - examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2011 Actl, to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directi¢)ns given by the Charity Commission (under section 14515llbl of the Act). and to state whether particular matters have cO￿e to my attention. Bas1¥ of Independent examlner'¥ statement My work was conducted in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Qommissioners. My proeedures consxsted of cojnparing the accounts with the accounting records kept by the CIO. and makxng such ]imited enqujries of the officers of the CIO as I considered necessary for the purposes of this report. The procedures undertaken do not provide ail the evAdence that would be requxred in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the actounts pretsent a 'true and Eair view, and the repom xs limited to those matters set out in the statement below. IAdepettdettt Ex￿￿1￿eT'S statettkettt In the course of my examination, no llLatter has come to my attention which ￿yeS me reasonable cause to believe that in axjy material respect, the requirements to keep aecountxng reeords In aecordance wAth seetxon 130 of the Charities Act. and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting reqUire￿Lent6 of the Charities Act 206 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of RecommeYJded Practice.. Accounting and Reporting by Charities. have not been ￿et', or to whxch, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Debbie Mace 23 Forgebank Wa]k Halton LA2 6FD Independent Exa￿lner Date.. 10-Jan-23 18

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FINDING RHYTHMS

A Charitable Incorporated Organisation - Reg. no 1151872 Statement of Financial Activities

incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account For year ended 31 March 2022

Income
NOTES
Income from donations
2
Income from charitable activities
3
Investment income
4
Total Income
Expenditure
Costs of raising funds
Expenditure on charitable activities
5
Total expenditure
Net Income/(expenditure) and net movement in
funds for the year
Transfers between funds
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
55,881
200
62		 2022
Restricted
funds
£
64,041

31,107
0		 2022
TOTAL
FUNDS
£
119,922
31,307
62
151,291
0
138,462
138,462
12,829
0
216,930
229,759		 2021
TOTAL
FUNDS
£
176,747
15,578
228
56,143 95,148
 192,553
0
42,062		 0
96,400
 900
98,166
42,062 96,400
 99,066
14,081
0
96,256		 (1,252)
0
120,674
 93,487
0
123,443
110,337 119,422
 216,930

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 21 to 26 form part of these accounts

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FINDING RHYTHMS

A Charitable Incorporated Organisation - Reg. no 1151872 Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2022

Notes
Current Assets
Debtors
13
Cash at bank
Total current assets
Current Liabilities
Creditors falling due within one year
14
Total current liabilities
Net Current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
The funds of the charity:
16
Unrestricted funds
Designated fund – contingency fund
General unrestricted funds
Restricted funds		 2022
£
£
13,787
236,165
249,952
20,193
20,193
229,759
229,759
35,000
75,337
110,337
119,422
229,759		 2021
£
£
4,714
220,359
225,073
8,143
8,143
216,930
216,930
35,000
61,256
96,256
120,674
216,930		 2021
£
£
4,714
220,359
225,073
8,143
8,143
216,930
216,930
35,000
61,256
96,256
120,674
216,930
20,193 8,143
35,000
75,337		 35,000
61,256
216,930
216,930
96,256
120,674
216,930

These financial statements of Finding Rhythms CIO registered number 1151872 were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 6th December 2022.

They were signed on its behalf by

Signed: ______ Name: Jonty Kinsella

The notes on pages 21 to 26 form part of these accounts

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FINDING RHYTHMS Notes to the accounts

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements of the charity which is a public entity under FRS102 have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) second edition 2019 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)(effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

b) Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

c) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

d) Donated services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) general volunteer time is not recognised but is referred to in the trustees' annual report.

e) Fund accounting

Unrestricted Funds are funds received which have no restrictions placed on their use and are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided to set aside to use for a specific purpose.

Restricted Funds are funds which are to be used for purposes as specified by the funder.

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FINDING RHYTHMS
Notes to the accounts
2022
2. INCOME FROM DONATIONS
£
Grants Received
Unrestricted
AB Charitable Trust
0
Annette Duvollet Trust
12,000
Arts Council England (Grants for the Arts)
0
Aurum Charitable Trust
10,000
British and Foreign School Society
0
Charles Hayward Foundation
0
Charles S French Charitable Trust
0
Chesterhill Charitable Trust
500
Co-op Local Community Fund
0
Dentons Charitable Trust
1,000
Didymus CIO
0
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
0
Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust
0
Garfield Weston Foundation
0
Garrick Club Causes Dear
0
Goldcrest Charitable Trust
3,000
Green Hall Foundation
0
Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation
0
James Wise Charitable Trust
0
John R Murray Charitable Trust
15,000
John and Susan Bowers Fund
600
Nick Alexander Memorial Trust
0
The Albert Hunt Trust
0
The Allen Lane Foundation
0
The Helen Hamlyn Trust
2,000
The John R Murray Charitable Trust
0
The Ironmongers' Company
0
The Leigh Trust
1,500
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
2,000
The Mageni Trust
0
The National Foundation for Youth Music
0
The Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust
0
The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund
0
The Weinstock Fund
0
Shanly Foundation
0
Souter Charitable Trust
0
The Worshipful Company of Weavers
0
Three Monkies Trust
0
Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators
0
Donations
8,281
Statutory grants
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grants
0
55,881		 FINDING RHYTHMS
Notes to the accounts
2022
2. INCOME FROM DONATIONS
£
Grants Received
Unrestricted
AB Charitable Trust
0
Annette Duvollet Trust
12,000
Arts Council England (Grants for the Arts)
0
Aurum Charitable Trust
10,000
British and Foreign School Society
0
Charles Hayward Foundation
0
Charles S French Charitable Trust
0
Chesterhill Charitable Trust
500
Co-op Local Community Fund
0
Dentons Charitable Trust
1,000
Didymus CIO
0
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
0
Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust
0
Garfield Weston Foundation
0
Garrick Club Causes Dear
0
Goldcrest Charitable Trust
3,000
Green Hall Foundation
0
Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation
0
James Wise Charitable Trust
0
John R Murray Charitable Trust
15,000
John and Susan Bowers Fund
600
Nick Alexander Memorial Trust
0
The Albert Hunt Trust
0
The Allen Lane Foundation
0
The Helen Hamlyn Trust
2,000
The John R Murray Charitable Trust
0
The Ironmongers' Company
0
The Leigh Trust
1,500
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
2,000
The Mageni Trust
0
The National Foundation for Youth Music
0
The Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust
0
The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund
0
The Weinstock Fund
0
Shanly Foundation
0
Souter Charitable Trust
0
The Worshipful Company of Weavers
0
Three Monkies Trust
0
Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators
0
Donations
8,281
Statutory grants
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grants
0
55,881		 FINDING RHYTHMS
Notes to the accounts
2022
2. INCOME FROM DONATIONS
£
Grants Received
Unrestricted
AB Charitable Trust
0
Annette Duvollet Trust
12,000
Arts Council England (Grants for the Arts)
0
Aurum Charitable Trust
10,000
British and Foreign School Society
0
Charles Hayward Foundation
0
Charles S French Charitable Trust
0
Chesterhill Charitable Trust
500
Co-op Local Community Fund
0
Dentons Charitable Trust
1,000
Didymus CIO
0
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
0
Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust
0
Garfield Weston Foundation
0
Garrick Club Causes Dear
0
Goldcrest Charitable Trust
3,000
Green Hall Foundation
0
Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation
0
James Wise Charitable Trust
0
John R Murray Charitable Trust
15,000
John and Susan Bowers Fund
600
Nick Alexander Memorial Trust
0
The Albert Hunt Trust
0
The Allen Lane Foundation
0
The Helen Hamlyn Trust
2,000
The John R Murray Charitable Trust
0
The Ironmongers' Company
0
The Leigh Trust
1,500
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
2,000
The Mageni Trust
0
The National Foundation for Youth Music
0
The Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust
0
The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund
0
The Weinstock Fund
0
Shanly Foundation
0
Souter Charitable Trust
0
The Worshipful Company of Weavers
0
Three Monkies Trust
0
Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators
0
Donations
8,281
Statutory grants
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grants
0
55,881		 2022
£
Restricted
0
0
0
0
7,250
0
0
0
2,618
0
0
0
0
0
4,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30,173
0
10,000
0
1,000
3,000
0
4,000
2,000
0
0
55,881

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HMDING RHYTHMS Trustees, Annual Report and Accounts, 2021-22 FINDING RHYTHMS Not•s t¢ th• a¢count$ 2022 2tr21 3. INCOME FRc￿ CHARITA&e ACTIVlnES Sale of CDS and rrerchandise Coryryeroal Seroce fees Contribubons from prisons 200 200 10.040 90 15,488 10.040 200 15 57e 4. INvESTm￿T INCOME CEDOSIt aco)unt Interest 62 228 fj. EXPENDITURE ON ¢HARITA&EACTWITies Muscians, fees and Telated costs Workshop eQuip￿ni. instrurrents & rroterials Parbcipant ￿EcEDex￿l ce￿fiCation CO deson and DrinDnq Sjpport cosls (note 61 Governance Costs (note 71 53,181 4.807 116 15,566 3,484 180 324 76.332 1,750 98 100 78,248 1.7$50 138,462 . SUPPORT COSTS Staff costs (note 91 Staff travel. tr3ining 3nd recruibThnt Cxfitr and general costs CEveloprrent of new V￿b￿te Pmm)tional rroterialslpodcasts 58.389 2,985 2,650 6,fXIO 8,224 78,248 63,679 414 3,779 5,495 2,965 76 332 7. GOVERNANfE COSTS Accountanty fees Independent exarriner lees TS0 1.CrfJO 1,750 750 1,000 1,750 8. NET OUTGOING RESOURCES The Operating Surplus is stated after charging cep￿clat1On Trustee Emlurr£nts (see Note gi 16,527 ?0,195 9. ANALYSIS OF STAFF COSTS. AND TRUSTEE REKJNERA T￿N AND EXPENSES Salaries Errploye¢s National Insuran￿ Contributions Reduced bv Erry)l0v￿ent Allowance Terrporary staff Errplover pension o)ntnbubon 66.663 5,117 (a.￿0) 193 416 58,369 82.241 4,979 14.0001 459 63 679 No etrployees recewed errpIO￿Ee benehts exceeding £60.000120?1 nil) Robin Harris. founder of the ch3rity and part.tirrÉ e￿Pl0Yed Cre3twe Director snce its forrrration. w￿S appointed a trustee at s rrEetin9 of the trustees on 8Lh January 2021. At this rrEeting It v¢as rrinuted that. 1. His contract of erry10y￿Ént rrnjst be approved ty the Trustees. A draft of this contractvRs circulated to the rreeting. and approved. 2. It IS 3 Statutory reqUire￿￿nt that12ss than 50Yo of the trustees are in p3id eryluytrEnt with the Charity. It was noted that this requirerrent Trhould not be breached by this appointrrEnt and the trustees Y￿uld en￿￿ that this reffrained so. 3. The Constitubon of the Ch3nty did not prohibit the errployrrent Df trustees 4. His errployrrent TrMII be disdosed In the Trusiees. Annual Report Trhrth ary required details. Salary paid to Robin Harris for his role as Creative Th'rector £ 16.130120ll1 £19.8051. Pen%on contribub'ons wÉde on his beham totalled £39712QQ1 £3901. No tnjstee clairrEd expenses in 2 1rd2 120n1 none) 23

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FINDING RHYTHMS Notes to the accounts

10. STAFF PENSION

Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution ‘money purchase’ scheme. The charity contribution is restricted to the contributions disclosed in note 9. The contributions for February and March 2022 were outstanding at year end.

Finding Rhythms' pension scheme is operated by Smart Pension, whose Master Trust leverages the expertise of FCA regulated investment professionals who only invest pension funds in the largest of blue chip funds (such as Legal & General and HSBC (Sharia fund)), providing protection and opportunities for good, steady growth. The Master Trust is overseen by a board of experienced trustees (the majority of whom are independent), appointed to serve members and to protect their interests. Those trustees have control over scheme assets at all times, ensuring legislation is complied with and value for money criteria are adhered to. Smart Pension charge employees a 0.3% 'Assets under Management Charge' (AMC) per annum plus a flat monthly fee.

11. STAFF NUMBERS

The average monthly head count was 3 during the year being 2 full time equivalents (2021 - 1.65).

12. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Income
Income from Donations
Income from charitable activities
Investment income
Total Income
Expenditure
Cost of raising funds
Expenditure on Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net Income/(Expenditure)
Transfers between funds
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
13.DEBTORS
Trade debtors
H M Revenue & Customs
Prepaid expenses
14. CREDITORS
Trade Creditors and accruals
H M Revenue & Customs
Other creditors
15. DEFERRED INCOME
Balance at 1 April
Amount deferred in year
Balance at 31 March
Amount released to Income from Charitable Activities		 Unrestricted
Restricted
TOTAL 2021
72,393
104,354
176,747
5,178
10,400
15,578
228
0
227.8
77,799
114,754
192,553
900
0
900
76,586
21,580
98,166
77,486
21,580
99,066
313
93,174
93,487
3,000
(3,000)
0
92,943
30,500
123,443
93,256
123,674
216,930
2022
2021
£
£
13,787
0
0
4,714
0
0
13,787
4,714
7,296
1,930
2,586
5,208
10,311
1,005
20,193
8,143
£
£
0
5,000
0
(5,000)
0
0
0
0

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16. STATEMENT OF FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
General funds
Restricted funds
Allen Lane Foundation for projects outside London
Sir John Cass Foundation for projects in inner London
with young offenders
St James's Place Charitable Foundation for community
music making.
The Worshipful Company of Weavers for projects in HMP
Chelmsford
Co-op Local Community Fund for community projects
Youth Music Foundation for projects with young people
Nick Alexander Memorial Trust for musical instruments
and equipment
Eleanor Rathbone CT for music project at HMP
Downview.
Charles Hayward Foundation to support ex-prisoners
The Triangle Trust for training & salaries
Shanly Foundation for HMP Aylesbury
Three Monkies Trust
Worshipful Co of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators for Only Connect
Funding for prison projects
British and Foreign School Society
Didymus CIO
Drapers' Charitable Fund
The Samuel Gardner Memorial Fund
The Ironmongers' Company
The Weinstock Fund
Arts Council England (Grants for the Arts)
Green Hall Foundation
Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation
Garrick Club Causes Dear
Souter Charitable Trust
Contributions from Prisons
Commercial service fees
TOTAL FUNDS		 Balance
at 31
March
2021
Incoming
Resources
Resources
Expended
Transfers
Balance
at 31
March
2022
£
£
£
£
£
35,000
0
0
0
35,000
61,256
56,143
42,062
75,337
96,256
56,143
42,062
0
110,337
5,214
0
2,964
2,250
5,000
0
0
5,000
8,060
0
4,404
3,656
12,750
0
3,934
8,816
3,643
2,618
6,261
0
18,805
30,173
16,261
32,717
866
0
866
0
3,000
0
0
3,000
4,000
0
820
3,180
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
1,000
0
1,000
0
4,000
1,500
2,500
0
2,000
1,800
200
7,250
7,250
6,347
8,153
4,560
0
4,560
0
2,976
0
2,976
0
1,000
0
1,000
0
6,000
0
0
6,000
4,000
0
4,000
0
13,050
0
0
13,050
2,000
0
0
2,000
3,000
0
0
3,000
0
4,000
0
4,000
0
3,000
0
3,000
0
21,067
18,667
2,400
5500
10,040
10,040
5,500
120,674
95,148
96,400
0
119,422
216,930
151,291
138,462
0
229,759

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FINDING RHYTHMS Notes to the accounts

Note 16 continued

Unrestricted funds are available to be spent for any of the purposes of the charity.

Designated funds have been set aside by the trustees to provide for contingencies, as outlined in the reserve policy. Restricted funds will be spent on the projects they are intended for.

17. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Cash at bank and in hand
Other net assets /(liabilities)		 General
Funds
Designated
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
Funds
£
£
£
£
77,783
35,000
123,382
236,165
(2,446)
0
(3,960)
(6,406)
75,337
35,000
119,422
229,759

18. POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

There were no significant post balance sheet events.

19. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

The charity had no material contingent liabilities at 31 March 2022 (2021 none).

20. RELATED PARTIES

There were no transactions with related parties in the year. (20/21 - the charity engaged Premier Public Relations Ltd of which a trustee, John Reiss, is a director and shareholder, to design and build a new website. During the period, a total of £4,800 was spent for this purpose with Premier, of which £800 was unrecoverable VAT.)

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