Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 18

YOUTH TALK LIMITED

Youth Talk offers community counselling at no charge to 13-25 year olds who live, work or are educated in St Albans, Harpenden and surrounding area. We also provide an information/signposting service to both young people and their parents

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 27 years

www.youthtalk.org.uk

info@youthtalk.org.uk

01727868684

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£479	£442	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22		£377	£329	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21		£252	£223	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/20		£252	£223	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£205	£165	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18		£221	£170	£50	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£166	£155	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£185	£166	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£149	£170	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£177	£189	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£218	£192	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£176	£188	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£214	£199	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£220	£229	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£254	£260	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£208	£203	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£160	£168	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06?	*	£167	£176	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/05		£193	£166	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/04	*	£155	£150	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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

Hertfordshire Community Foundation	£73,189
Garfield Weston Foundation	£45,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£44,000
Masonic Trust	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£10,000
The Funding Network	£6,364

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Youth Talk Limited
£4,000	30/11/2022	Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Herefordshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Counselling for vulnerable young people in St Albans
£10,000	15/08/2022	The funding will be used to deliver additional counselling sessions for young people living with mental ill-health. The project aims to meet growing demand and support young people’s wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	29/07/2022	Growing Counselling Capacity to support growing numbers of Young People with Mental Health illness
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Youth Talk Limited
£40,000	24/05/2022	refurbishment of building for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Herefordshire
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Counselling sessions for young people
£5,000	03/11/2021	Grant to Youth Talk
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Supporting Mental Health of Young People Locally
£10,000	06/07/2021	To help cover costs of counsellor to support young people (13-25yrs) often with complex mental health needs.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Counselling Sessions for young people
£29,892	24/06/2021	Grant to Youth Talk
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Counselling sessions for young people
£29,892	09/06/2021	Grant to Youth Talk
The Funding Network - Youth Talk Counselling
£6,364	03/03/2021	Youth Talk Counselling Service - funding to support vulnerable young people with their mental health so that they have someone to talk to when times are tough.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	14/08/2020	Core funding to provide counselling to young people during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Talk
£3,000	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This grant will fund 117 counselling sessions online for children and young people with mental health problems who are at greater risk being isolated at home due to Covid-19. This funding ....more COVID19 - This grant will fund 117 counselling sessions online for children and young people with mental health problems who are at greater risk being isolated at home due to Covid-19. This funding will help improve their emotional wellbeing.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000	27/05/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Remote counselling
£3,405	06/04/2020	Grant to Youth Talk
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000	10/02/2020	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Building Firm Foundations for our Future
£5,000	25/10/2019	Grant to Youth Talk
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Youth Talk
£3,349	19/11/2018	Funds would allow us to offer an additional ten young people counselling sessions.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Talk
£92,967	27/06/2018 36	One to one counselling sessions for young people experiencing mental health issues in St Albans. By attending sessions young people will be able to better manage their emotions, have improved ....more One to one counselling sessions for young people experiencing mental health issues in St Albans. By attending sessions young people will be able to better manage their emotions, have improved wellbeing and be able to reengage in education or employment.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-77

ALISON KIERNAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Hr Director

DR DAVID HEMSI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Gp

GARETH HUW EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo/Consultant

GAYNOR ANNE CASHIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

CHRISTOPHER CLULOW Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Psychotherapist

JACQUELINE ELIZABETH FRYER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Fundraising And Marketing Consultant

MS MARGARET THIRLWAY, Occupation: Solicitor

SAMANTHA JOANNE KEITH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Programme Manager

TERESA MARY DALLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant Child And Adolescent Psychotherapist, Other trusteeship: THE SQUIGGLE FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/1997, number: 1063572
Registered at Companies House on 21/02/1997, number: 03322319

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR15: 2 days late, AR06: 3 days late, AR04: 33 days late,

Main office

64 London Road
ST. ALBANS
Hertfordshire
AL1 1NG

Objectives

(A) TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO DISADVANTAGED AND DISTRESSED YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN OR CONNECTED WITH ST. ALBANS AND DISTRICT, IN THE FORM OF COUNSELLING, PSYCHOTHERAPY AND RELATED SERVICES. (B) TO PREVENT OR ALLEVIATE MENTAL ILL HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE AND MALADAPTATION IN ADULT AND FUTURE FAMILY AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. (C) TO PROMOTE EMOTIONAL WELL BEING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ST. ALBANS AND DISTRICT

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