Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

STRAIGHT TALKING PEER EDUCATION 

Straight Talking employs teenage mothers and young fathers to deliver an interactive programme in schools to 13-17 year olds presenting the realities and implications of early parenthood; enabling them to make responsible choices. The charity works simultaneously to reduce teenage pregnancy rates and support young parents into employment and become financially independent of State benefits.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 20 years

www.straighttalking.org

botterillschess@gmail.com

0208 391 1079

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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
31/07/22*£53£78£-25n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/21*£56£163£-107n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/20£299£328£-29n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/19£255£378£-123n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/07/18£452£298£154£0£0£0n/a04
31/07/17*£397£393£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£353£372£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£340£254£85£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£276£221£55£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£319£344£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£325£266£60£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£233£262£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£213£284£-70£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£266£249£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£219£203£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£218£169£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£163£181£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£100£136£-36£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Masonic Trust£15,000
City Bridge Trust£10,314
Charles Hayward Foundation£7,000
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 14/10/2020
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Straight Talking Peer Education
£10,314 19/05/2020
A grant of £103,14 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Straight Talking Peer Education
£7,000 18/03/2020
Expanding service that employs teenage parents to deliver sessions in schools
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Straight Talking Peer Education
£5,000 18/03/2020
Working to increase social mobility through training courses, better facilities or parenting support
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 17/01/2020
Straight Talking Core Work
National Lottery Community Fund - Teenage parents, education & employment
£10,000 13/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to contribute to the running costs of a young parents charity. The project aims to continue providing opportunities for young parents.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 05/06/2018
Straight Talking Employment and Education
The Blagrave Trust - Straight Talking Hastings
£60,000 20/03/2018
Teenage parents in Hastings
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Straight Talking Peer Education
£150,000 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing peer education on pregnancy and parenthood to teenagers in London and across the UK
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£2,500 19/01/2017
Employs teenage mothers and young fathers to run courses in secondary schools about the realities of early parenthood, healthy relationships, child sexual exploitation and sexting.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Straight Talking Peer Education
£40,000 08/12/2016
24
Towards expansion of the work in the West Midlands to run courses in secondary schools about the realities of early parenthood.
National Lottery Community Fund - Teenage Parenthood Peer Education (North London Scheme)
£414,767 10/02/2016
48
The aim of this expansion project is to prevent teenage parenthood through the delivery of peer education courses in schools across Haringey, Islington, Hackney, Enfield and Waltham Forest. The ....more
Comic Relief - Supporting disadvantaged teenage parents to reach their potential
£120,000 30/09/2015
36
The UK has the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in western Europe. Teenage parents are more vulnerable to post-natal depression and more likely to leave school without qualifications due to the ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Straight Talking Peer Education
£150,000 11/09/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing peer education around pregnancy and parenthood to teenagers in London and other areas of the UK
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Straight Talking Peer Education
£120,000 27/08/2014
Towards core and delivery costs for a programme aimed at raising the aspirations and attainment of disadvantaged teenage parents.
National Lottery Community Fund - Straight Talking Peer Education
£297,148 06/06/2011
48
The project aims to reduce the high rates of teen pregnancy by supporting, training and employing teen parents to deliver an interactive programme of peer education to 13-16 year olds. The programme ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-54
  • LAUREN PARK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Communications Advisor
  • PETER GLYNNE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Principal Account Delivery Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/01/2004, number: 1101726
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/11/2003, number: 04978681
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR22: 44 days late, AR21: 409 days late, AR17: 32 days late,
Main office

3 Parbury Rise
CHESSINGTON
Surrey
KT9 2ER

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COURSES IN PREGNANCY, PARENTING AND SEX EDUCATION FOR SUCH YOUNG PERSONS, PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN THIS FIELD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND, WALES AND RUSSIA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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