Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

TALK FIRST

CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE AT RISK OF FAMILY CONFLICT, ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OR RELATIONSHIP BREAKDOWN, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FAMILY MEDIATION, FAMILY SUPPORT AND GROUP WORK ACTIVITIES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
31/08/23£150£172£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£130£110£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£85£88£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£89£82£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£83£96£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18*£137£86£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£50£62£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£74£56£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

talkfirst.org

tracy@talkfirst.org

01942243620

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Warrington, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund£198,969
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£60,387
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£6,940
Cheshire Community Foundation£4,980
CAF£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Talkfirst
£4,940 07/06/2023
The funding is for one to one support, outreach support and weekly group sessions for families with children up to the age of 2 years.
National Lottery Community Fund - Tou-Can
£9,992 05/05/2023
The funding will be used to support the development and delivery of the organisation's Tou-Can perinatal project for parents and their children in the perinatal stage. This project aims bring families together to build stronger relationships reduce ....more
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to TalkFirst
£60,387 27/04/2023
50% of project costs over 3-years for Building Better Relationships family support and mediation in Wigan, Gtr Manchester.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - TalkFIRST
£2,000 19/07/2022
The funding is for the cost of a laptop to support the delivery of the online programme, staff training and licences for parents to access the programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Together Families
£9,984 07/01/2022
The funding will be used to employ a family worker whose duties will include liaising with family members developing communication between families and resolving family issues with the aim of reducing relationship breakdowns and promoting family ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Better Relationships
£169,192 16/04/2021
The organisation offers mediation aimed at enabling families to communicate effectively resolving conflict and making plans for positive change. Funding for the group will enable them to expand their services.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Mediation Champions
£4,980 04/11/2020
TalkFIRST works with families experiencing socio-economic disadvantage to live with less conflict, better emotional support, and communication, so improving mental health and general wellbeing for all ages. The project will deliver mediation for ....more
CAF - Grant to TalkFIRST
£2,000 05/06/2020
Grant to TalkFIRST to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Better Relationships - Digital
£9,801 07/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to initiate a digital strategy for families under pressure through domestic abuse child welfare and mental health problems. Its aim is to extend the website to include additional local and regional support and guidance ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Simple Parenting Steps
£10,000 11/10/2018
12
The funding will be used to run a support programme for parents. The project aims to help parents to better understand their children and their development, and help them to address parenting difficulties.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Resolutions
£3,451 29/11/2017
We want to expand our befriending service so more people can escape loneliness, feel better about themselves and live a fuller life.
National Lottery Community Fund - Talk FIRST
£219,683 26/07/2017
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This project, based in Wigan, supports children, young people and families who experience family conflict that threatens their health and wellbeing. It will work with families at an early stage preventing further deterioration of relationships, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Talk FIRST
£9,984 25/01/2017
12
The funding will be used to provide family mediation sessions following the breakdown of relationships, particularly in the areas of parent–child contact or other issues where parents need to communicate and co-parent better. The project aims ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

  • BRIAN REES Appointed: 2021
  • DAMON MUSGROVE Appointed: 2021
  • EMMA LOUISE KLIEVE Appointed: 2020
  • LEE WHALLEY Appointed: 2023
  • MARTINE DELANEY Appointed: 2017
  • MITESH VAJLI HALAI Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/06/2015, number: 1162110
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR18: 87 days late,
Main office

Ashland House
Dobson Park Way
Ince
Wigan
WN2 2DX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE AND PRESERVE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE AT RISK OF FAMILY CONFLICT, ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OR RELATIONSHIP BREAKDOWN, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FAMILY MEDIATION, FAMILY SUPPORT AND GROUP WORK ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL - WIGAN BOROUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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