Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

TRIUMPH OVER PHOBIA (TOP UK)

Triumph Over Phobia runs a network of self-help therapy groups helping sufferers of phobias and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) to overcome their fears.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£66£54£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£38£50£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£43£46£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£58£50£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£60£50£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£34£42£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£46£42£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£40£36£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£33£33£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£30£34£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£22£32£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£34£26£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£32£29£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£33£29£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£21£29£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£31£31£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£30£32£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£31£29£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£44£46£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£50£85£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 31 years

www.topuk.org

kayrees@hotmail.com

07740702778

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Quartet Community Foundation£9,000
DCMS£8,520
National Lottery Community Fund£7,610
Garfield Weston Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Triumph Over Phobia (Top UK)
£5,000 14/03/2024
8
We offer free self-help groups through our financial hardship fund ensuring access for all. A modest fee is requested, but our bursary ensures financial challenges don't hinder participation.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 03/06/2022
Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Increasing Capacity to Help Relieve Anxiety Post Covid
£7,610 10/09/2021
The organisation will use the funding to recruit train and support additional volunteers so that they can open more supported self-help groups to address the increase in demand to support people with phobias and OCD.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Triumph Over Phobia (Top UK)
£4,000 15/10/2020
Towards the costs of opening a second self help group in BANES due to an increase in demand. To take place virtually and then face to face.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,520 18/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Self Help Groups - Wales
£9,575 12/06/2019
12
Project Summary :_x000D_ Triumph Over Phobia (TOP UK) will provide self-help groups for people experiencing phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and other anxiety related disorders in Cardiff and South Wales. This grant for £9,575 will fund room ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Self Help Support for 16 yr olds
£9,700 17/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to expand their self-help service to 16+ for people living with anxiety disorders. The project aims to increase the support they offer to young people experiencing ill mental health.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the costs of local self-help therapy groups for sufferers of phobia
£1,000 25/02/2016
Towards the costs of local self-help therapy groups for sufferers of phobias, OCD and other related anxiety disorders.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards training volunteers for support groups
£1,000 05/02/2014
Towards the training costs of the volunteer members of the support groups throughout the UK.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • COLIN KAY Appointed: 2014
  • CHRISTOPHER EVANS CHRIS Appointed: 2024
  • DAVID LEE RICHARDSON Appointed: 2019
  • DR ANDREW JAMES BENDELL Appointed: 2024
  • EDWARD JACK ERASMUS Appointed: 2019
  • HENRIETTA MCDERMOTT Appointed: 2024
  • MRS A MARKHAM Appointed: 2012
  • MRS K REES Appointed: 2017
  • MRS P FOX (Chair) Appointed: 2012
  • STEPHEN MASTER Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/03/1994, number: 1034932
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 54 days late, AR05: 30 days late, AR04: 39 days late,
Main office

Suite 206
3 Edgar Buildings
George Street
Bath
BA1 2FJ

Objectives

RELIEVING THE ILL-HEALTH OF THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM PHOBIA ANXIETY AND OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SYNDROMES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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