Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

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.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£66	£54	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£38	£50	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/21		£43	£46	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20		£58	£50	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19		£60	£50	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18		£34	£42	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£46	£42	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£40	£36	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£33	£33	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£30	£34	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£22	£32	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£34	£26	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£32	£29	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£33	£29	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£21	£29	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£31	£31	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£30	£32	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£31	£29	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£44	£46	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£50	£85	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 30 years

www.topuk.org

kayrees@hotmail.com

07740702778

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient 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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£17,185
Quartet Community Foundation	£9,000
DCMS	£8,520
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 ....more 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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
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 ....more 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 hire, travel expenses, volunteer recruitment and training, session resources, development director salary, and administration costs.
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 ....more 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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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

COLIN KAY Appointed: 2014

DAVID LEE RICHARDSON Appointed: 2019

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, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ABBEY WITH ST JAMES, BATH,

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

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