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2021-03-31-accounts

Need To Talk

Charity Number

1177595

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year

Ended 31[st] March 2021

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Need To Talk

Reference and Administrative Details

Registered Charity Number: 1177595

Trustees:

SACHA PEARSALL

PANKAJ JOSHI

NOREEN FOX

Principle office:

Need To Talk

c/o Voluntary Action Harrow

The Lodge

64 Pinner Road

Harrow

HA1 4HZ

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Structure, Governance and Management

Charity Name: Need to Talk

Other names: PRECISA DE FALAR (Working name)

Governing document: Constitution as amended by Trustees on 15 March 2018

Need to Talk is an Unincorporated Charity

Trustee selection methods:

As per Need To Talk governing document

1. The Executive Committee shall consist of not less than 3 members nor more than 7 members being:

2. The executive committee may in addition appoint not more than 2 co-opted members but so that no-one may be appointed as a co-opted member, if as a result, more than one third of the members of the Executive Committee would be coo-opted members. Each appointment of a co-opted members shall be made at a meeting of the Executive committee called under clause J and shall take effect from the end of that meeting unless the appointment is to fill a place which has not been vacated in which case the appointment shall run from the date when the post becomes vacant.

3. All the members of the Executive Committee shall retire from office together at the end of the Annual General meeting next after the date on which they came into office, but they may be reelected or re-appointed.

4. The proceedings of the Executive Committee shall not be invalidated by any vacancy a month their number or by any failure to appoint or any defect in the appointment or qualification of a member.

5. Nobody shall be appointed as a member of the Executive Committee who is aged under 18 or who would if appointed be disqualified under the provisions of the following clause.

No person shall be entitled to act as a member of the Executive Committee whether on a first or subsequent entry into office until after signing in the minute book of the Executive Committee a declaration of acceptance and of willingness to act in the trusts of the organisation

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Description of Charity

Need to Talk is counselling and wellbeing services, run by qualified counsellors, we provide 1-2-1 counselling services, emotional support groups, workshops and placement to volunteer counsellors finishing their studies. We welcome everyone we offer a non-judgemental, understanding and safe place where people can explore and address their emotional needs. Our work focuses on the wellbeing of all.

Objectives of the Charity

The organisations objects are:

The preservation and protection of physical and mental health of people living in the London Borough of Harrow and the surrounding area by the provision of counselling and workshops in nutrition and healthy eating.

Main Activities:

Need to talk provides following services

Contribution made by volunteers:

Need To Talk volunteer counsellors make a

Contribution by giving affordable counselling sessions to the community.

We have student volunteers maintaining our social media presence and generating a newsletter. We have also a volunteer who supports us by maintaining website and email services.

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Achievements and Performance:

Need to Talk continues to:

We proudly accommodate our face-to-face work to online work and continue to support most vulnerable and affected during this unprecedented time, with the BAME community in mind.

We provide future practitioners, counsellors and other volunteers (young people supporting us with our social media presence) :

Achievements against objectives set

We met our objectives of preservation and protection of physical and mental health of people living in the London Borough of Harrow and the surrounding area by:

Running small wellbeing groups to increase individuals’ ability to self-manage their mental health

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Financial Review

Need To Talk started the year with reserves of £1431.

The first quarter of the year the UK was in lockdown, and this led to an increase in counselling sessions. Income from Counselling sessions £9344.

We secured 2 pots of funding from Harrow Giving Coronavirus Fund totalling £14122.

Harrow Wins ticket sales brought in £156 in donations.

Near year end Need To Talk secured more funding £3000 from Neigh Neighbours and £10000 from Awards for All. This will be spent in the next financial year.

At the year end, Need To Talk was in a good position as we have unrestricted reserves and funding to continue our work for the next financial year.

Reserves Policy

Free reserves equating to at least four (4) months of unrestricted expenditure to support costs and to respond to emergency needs which arise from time to time.

In addition, there is also a need to designate certain sums from free reserves for anticipated expenditure in the short to medium term.

Funds of the charity

Reserves £24129

This is made up of:

Unrestricted funds £10271

Restricted funds £13858

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising )

Client’s contributions for counselling sessions, Harrow Wins fundraising via sale of Harrow Wins lottery tickets and grants.

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Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations. The law applicable to charities requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The financial statements on pages 9 to 12 were approved by the Trustees and authorised for issue

on ……05 November 2021……… and signed on their behalf by:

Aurora Da Silva

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Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Need To Talk

Charity Registration Number: 1177595

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31[st] March 2021 set out on 9 to 12.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Diana Frost

Voluntary Action Harrow Ltd

The Lodge, 64 Pinner Road

Harrow

HA1 4HZ

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Financial Statements for Year End 31[st] March 2020

These statements have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments basis.

NEED TO TALK CHARITY No. 1177595 Receipts and payments accounts

For the period from 01/04/20 To 31/03/21
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Total funds Last year
RECEIPTS
Grants 27122 27122
Counselling Fees 9344 9344 4990
Donations 156 156 78
Total incoming resources 9,500 27,122 36,622 5,068
PAYMENTS
Staff 11,363 11363 3,772
Office and running
costs 547 323 869.29 5,809
DBS - 20 19.95 20
Volunteer Expenses - 779 779 -
Advertising - 516 516.25 3,330
Bank charges 113 113.4 75
Insurance - 262 262.44 262
Training - - 0 54
Total Expended 660 13,263 13,923 13,322
NET RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS 8,840 13,859 22,699 (8,254)
TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS 756 -756 0
CASH FUNDS LAST YEAR END 675 756 1431 9686
CASH FUNDS THIS YEAR END 10,271 13,859 24,130 1,431

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NEED TO TALK

Charity Number 1177595

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31/03/2021

Year end 31/03/2021 Year end 31/03/2021
Unrestricted Restricted TOTAL
Fixed
Assets
0 0 0
Total Fixed Assets 0 0 0
Current
Assets
Cash at Bank Bank of Scotland 10271 13859 24130
0
0
**Total Current ** Assets 10271 13859 24130
Unrestricted Restricted TOTAL
Current Liabilities
0
**Total Current ** Liabilities 0 0 0
TotalAssets Less Liabilities 10271 13859 24130
Total Cash Funds 10271 13859 24130

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Need To Talk

YEAR END 31/03/2021

BREAKDOWN OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

Receipts
Grants
counselling fees
Donations
Total receipts
Payments
Counselling Staff
Telephone
Admin Staff
Volunteer Expenses
Speakers
Facilitators
Supervision
Room Hire
Advertising
IT Expenses
Equipment
Insurance
Office Rent
Auditor
Resources
Postage
Professional Fees
Bank Charges
wellbeing workshop
Healthy Eating w/s
DBS
Training		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
-
27,122.00
27,122.00
9,344.00
-
9,344.00
156.00
-
156.00
-
-
-
9,500.00
27,122.00
36,622.00
-
-
-
546.62
-
546.62
-
2,343.00
2,343.00
-
779.39
779.39
-
200.00
200.00
-
-
-
-
8,820.00
8,820.00
-
-
-
-
516.25
516.25
-
322.67
322.67
-
-
-
-
262.44
262.44
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
113.40
-
113.40
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
19.95
19.95
-
-
-
660.02
13,263.70
13,923.72
Total payments
Net receipts /
(payments)		 8,839.98
13,858.30
22,698.28

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NEED TO TALK

Charity Number: 1177595

Movement between funds 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021

Accounts Description Opening
Balance		 Income Expenditure Transfers Closing
Balance
Unrestricted Core 675 9500 660 756 10271
Restricted PPF 756 0 0 -756 0
Restricted HARROW GIVING 0 14122 13263 0 859
Restricted NEAR NEIGHBOURS 0 3000 0 0 3000
Restricted AWARDS 4 ALL 0 10000 0 0 10000
TOTALS 1431 36622 13923 0 24130

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