Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

TIME TO TALK BEFRIENDING

We overcome loneliness experienced by older people through befriending. We provide one to one befriending, group befriending, events, seasonal outreach and social prescribing in Brighton and Hove, Adur and Worthing in Sussex.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and 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:

  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/23£326£319£7n/a
31/12/22£280£296£-16n/a
31/12/21£282£253£29n/a
31/12/20£243£217£25n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.tttb.org.uk

info@tttb.org.uk

01273737710

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People

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£244,795
Garfield Weston Foundation£80,000
Sussex Community Foundation£37,655
McCarthy Stone Foundation£11,000
Hyde Charitable Trust£4,808
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Time to Talk Befriending
£7,655 08/03/2024
9
Funding was provided towards core running costs.
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2023 Autumn Community Grants
£6,000 17/10/2023
Grants up to £7,500 to support programmes that connect and engage older people.
Hyde Charitable Trust - Befriending 2.0
£4,808 27/09/2023
Befriending 2.0
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2022 Autumn Community Grants
£5,000 08/08/2023
Grants up to £5,000 to support programmes that connect and engage older people.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 07/07/2023
24
Time to Talk Befriending
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Time to Talk Befriending
£10,000 20/03/2023
9
Funding was provided for a two stage project: firstly, to identify how best to meet the more complex needs of their older members, including mental health needs; and secondly to enable the voice of the 'older old' themselves to drive forward and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 11/03/2022
24
Staying Together Recovering Together
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Time to Talk Befriending
£5,000 11/03/2022
Funding was provided towards staff costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Staying Together Recovering Together
£225,025 28/07/2021
The funding will cover the cost of two Befriending Project Co-ordinators and will help continue a befriending service in Adur and Worthing for a further 3 years . The average age of their members is 83 most live alone and with at least one long-term ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Staying Together Recovering Together Peer Support
£9,770 16/04/2021
The funding will used to provide peer to peer support for both older community members and volunteers through the development of regular telephone groups. The project aims to reduce loneliness and improve confidence and friendships.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 19/03/2021
24
Staying Together Recovering Together
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Time to Talk Befriending
£5,000 12/03/2021
10
Funding was provided to support the charity to steadily absorb the growth so they can ensure the befriending model stays quality focused and manages the increase in complexity.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Time to Talk Befriending
£10,000 29/06/2020
Time to Talk Befriending specialise in befriending to vulnerable older people aged 80+ who are experiencing chronic loneliness and social isolation. Funding will support them in expanding their service in response to the increase in demand during ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteering Together: training, learning and befriending across the generations
£10,000 09/03/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide an innovative training and review programme for existing and future befriending volunteers to provide enhanced befriending for older people who are experiencing isolation and loneliness. Complementary volunteering ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Time to Talk Befriending
£5,000 18/11/2019
1
Funding was provided towards core costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Engage and Connect Worthing
£112,569 28/02/2019
36
This project delivers an intergenerational befriending programme which supports older people who experience loneliness and isolation, linking them with young people in their local community. The project will use funding to expand the current ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Together
£10,000 24/01/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to develop their group befriending services by working in partnership with schools, youth and partner organisations to support older people who are socially isolated through intergenerational activities.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Time to Talk Befriending
£5,000 16/11/2018
11
Funding was provided as a contribution towards running costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • AMY CHIMA Appointed: 2023
  • CLAIRE GODLEY Appointed: 2019
  • DAVID STANDING Appointed: 2022
  • GERHARD SCHULZ Appointed: 2020
  • JACQUELINE MASON Appointed: 2024
  • NEIL HILTON (Chair) Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/11/2019, number: 1186555
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • 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
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from TIME TO TALK BEFRIENDING on 14/09/2021
Main office

Citycoast Centre
North Street
Portslade
BRIGHTON
BN41 1DG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE:Ò TO RELIEVE LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING WELL-BEING AND RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LONELY OR ISOLATED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES OF ANY KIND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;Ò TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE, SPIRITUAL SUPPORT AND CHAPLAINCY SERVICES OF ANY KIND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;Ò TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ANY KIND IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; ANDÒ TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED TO THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CIO AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL DETERMINE.NOTHING

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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