Two Rhythms
What it does
Two Rhythms delivers therapeutic arts activities for people with a variety of physical and mental health needs, including profound disabilities, learning difficulties and Autism Spectrum Condition. We work across all ages, from young children to seniors. We welcome participants to our two specialist delivery sites in Cardiff, and we license our unique programme to organisations around the UK.
Its charitable purposes
To provide educational and therapeutic programmes for the benefit of people with profound physical and learning disabilities by nurturing creativity and self- confidence through participation in the creative arts and through the delivery of workshop training.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Education and training
- Disability
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Provides services
- Sponsors or carries out research
- Other charitable activities
Where it works
- In Wales
- Throughout Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined. in Practice Cardiff
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £217,623 and spent £269,296.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £217,623 | £269,296 | Not reported | 1 |
| 31 March 2024 | £397,484 | £204,192 | Not reported | 3 |
| 31 March 2023 | £178,351 | £188,975 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £191,975 | £208,455 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £321,110 | £233,552 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 32%, from £321,110 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £217,623 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 124% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 15 grants to this charity since 2010, worth at least £280,949.
By funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund£143,981, 8 grants
- BBC Children in Need£84,930, 1 grant
- Community Foundation in Wales£21,588, 2 grants
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales£15,000, 1 grant
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund£7,500, 1 grant
- McCarthy Stone Foundation£6,784, 1 grant
- Virgin Money Foundation£1,166, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2026 |
Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public bodies' published spending shows 6 payments to this charity worth £3,900 between 29 April 2025 and 28 May 2026.
| Public body | Paid | Payments | Financial years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | £3,900 | 6 | 2025/26, 2026/27 |
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Alice Jones
- Jan-Uwe Michaelis
- Joanna Fashan
- Kathryn Seaward
- Victoria Evans
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 19 December 2025, 43 days early | Received 19 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 | Received 31 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 8 January 2024, 23 days early | Received 8 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 31 January 2023 | Received 31 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 6 December 2021, 56 days early | Received 6 December 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1078995
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 18 January 2000
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/12/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/01/2013 as amended on 25 May 2023 as amended on 01 May 2024
- Company number
- 03681562This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.tworhythms.co.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.