Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 11

Future income +5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 19

KEEP TALKING SERVICES

The provision of telephone befriending to sufferers of loneliness and or ill health.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/04/23		£29,310	£22,857	£6,453

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

www.keeptalkingservices.com

alex@keeptalkingservices.com

07766375388

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who supports 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	£9,967
Henry Smith Charity	£8,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£5,000
Allen Lane Foundation	£1,969

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Keep Talking Services
£8,000	13/03/2024 12	towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing a telephone befriending program for people with mental health or wellbeing issues in Kent.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Keep Talking Services
£5,000	13/10/2023 12	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Keep Talking Services
£5,429	09/06/2023	This project will offer a telephone befriending service aimed at reducing loneliness in the community and the stigma of mental health. The project aims to improve mental wellbeing.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Keep Talking Services
£1,969	04/11/2022	£1,969 single grant towards running costs of this mental health telephone befriending service based in Herne Bay, Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Keep Talking Services
£4,538	24/06/2022	The funding will be used to continue developing a health and social care student telephone befriending service. The project aims to provide a service where beneficiaries receive specialist mental ....more The funding will be used to continue developing a health and social care student telephone befriending service. The project aims to provide a service where beneficiaries receive specialist mental health support and students are given the opportunity to practice clinical work benefitting both parties.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CATHERINE BERNAL (Chair) Appointed: 2022

LEIGH SAUNDERS Appointed: 2022

THOMAS TSANGARIDES Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/09/2022, number: 1200275

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

153a Mortimer street
Herne Bay
Ken
CT6 5HA

Objectives

For the public benefit, the relief of those who are experiencing either or a combination of ill health and or poor mental health, and have become socially isolated as a result, particularly but not exclusively in Kent, through the provision of support, signposting, and befriending services.