Need To Talk Charity Number 1177595 Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31" March 2024
Need To Talk Rderence and Administrative Details Registered Chwity Number: 1177595 Trustees: SACHA PEARSALL - Chalr- Date appolnted 9 December 2014 Maulldl Ali Se¢retary- Date appolnted 28" May 2022 r4oREEN FOX- Treasurer. Date appointed 14 January 2014 Principle office: Need To Talk lo Voluntary Actlon Harrow The 64 Plnner Road Harrow HAI 4HZ
Structure. Governance and Management Charity Name: Need to Talk Other names: PRECISA OE FAiAR {Workin8 namel Governlng document: Consthudon as amended byTrustees on 15 Marth 2018 Need to Talk Is an Unincorporated Charlty Trustee selertion methods: As per the fked to Talk eMl d0Ment. l. The Ex¢¢utsw Commlttèè shall con51st of nol lessthèn 3 members nor more than 7 rnernbern beint.. 1.1 Th• three honoraryoflkers spedfled In the precedln8 d•us•. 1.2 Not le55 than 3 rM> more thon 7 exe¢utlve members 0 ele¢ted •t the Annual Gener•1 Meeling. 2. The executive comrnlttee may In addltlon appolnt not more than 2 co.opted members 50 that no one may be appolnted as a ¢O•OPted mernber If, as a rosuk, more than one-thlrd of the members ot the Exe¢uiiv¢ Commlttee ¥Mukl be (Tropted membws. ÉKh appolntment of a co-opted member shall be made at ? rneetlng olthe Executl¥e committee called under clwsej and shall take effert from the etKI of that meetlng unles5 the appointment 55 to Illl a place whith h•$ not bmn va¢at•d. in whi¢h ¢as• th• appointment shall run from the date when the post l>e¢omes v•¢ant. All the memb•rs ofth¢ EM•¢yilw CoMmStt•e $h411 rgtire frorn offtcetogether the end ol the Annual Gener•1 Meetlng nertafteT the date on whlth they came Ihto office, but they maybe reolected or re-appolnted. The proceedings of the Executlve Commlttee shall not be Invalidated by any ¥acancy a month their number or by any f•llure io apptslrt or anydtfert in the appointment or oualifieation of a member. Nobody shall be appolnted asa member olthe Execvtlve Commltte¢who is ayd under 18 or whowould, 11 app04nted, be disquallfled undertbe provls•Dns of the following ¢lause. No person sh411 be entriled io a¢t a5 a mefflber of the Extrl¥t Cornrnlttee. whether oft a flrst or subsequent entry Snto i)ffice. until after s*nln8 In the mlnute book of the ExecutlbE CommTttee a dedardtion of aueptsnce and of wllllnKness to act kn the trusts of the or8antsètknn
Descrlption of Charlty Need to Talk ts tounselllng and well-belns serylces run by quallfied counsellors: we provldè 1-2-1 counsellln8 servlces, emotlonal support 8roups. workshops and placement to volunteer counsellors ftnlshlng thelr studles. We wekome everyone wè offer a nOlusemental, understsndin& and safe Pla where people can explore and address their emotional needs. Our focuses on the well-beln8 of all. Objectives of the Charlty The organisation's objects are: The preservation and fftction ofthe physical and mentsl health of poople Ihrfng in the London Borough of Harrow and the surrounding area by wovidlng counselling and workshops in nutrrlion and healthy eatlng. Main Actlvities: Need to talk provldes the following seThlces. Coun5elling aSSernents One-t1ne counselllng sesslons Wellbeing group5 Superv151on for founsellors We keep a good network wlth her ser¥lces In Harrow to attract referrals. We recruit counsellors. We provide PlamÈnts to Tralnee counsèllors. We provlde ongoing continuous professlonal development ICPOI to the whole team. The contribution made by volunteers: Need To Talkvolunteer counsellors make contributions byglvlng afft•rdable counsellin8 sèssions to the communlty. We ha¥e student volunteers maintslnlng our social medla presence and genernting a newsletter. We also have a voluntéér who supports us by maSntalnln8 th• website and •mail seviices.
Achlevements and Perfom)ance: Need to Talk ¢onllnues to: Wo are now worklng on the three maln ¢ounselling platforn: face404acg, onllne and phone. and we alm to carry on supporting tho most vulnerable In the ¢ommunlty wlth free or afft)rdable counsglllng sesslons and wellbeing groups. includlng music and oxercise. Tho communlty 1$ now •xperlencing the impact of thè cost-of4iving increase., mental health users, BAME and LGBT group8 continue to be our prlorlty as wo arn awarn thal they arg some of thè most vulngrable groups in our communlty. %> Support and Provide afPordable ¢ounselling to approximatsly 81K) counsellln8 se5slons quarterly. We have 24 wunsellors seeing a minimum of 3 cllents each per week Clients can either have 12 sessions (short winsellSn8) or opt for open-ended counsellln8 ertendlngto up to 2 years. We have an ongoing emotlonal support 8roup that empowers people to seekfvrther 5UPI)ort or better cope with their mental well-beln8. We have always supported around 20-25 voluntèer ¢ounsellors at anytlme who are on the path to becoming fully quallfled counsellors OT accruing counselllng hours towards thelr accreditatlon for future practlce. We provSde future practltloners, coun5ellor5 and h¢r volunteers wlth (young people supporting us wlth our social media presence): supervlsion CPD Slgnpost to in-house trainlng We provide Inlormatlon as to useful tralnln8 and external blo85. e¢ommend further studies according to thè £han8in8 needs of our cfRnts. We also complete detailed reports as required bytheir college or unS¥eTsltles lor the succe5sfvI completlon of the tourse. References GuldancÈ and experien¢e workinB in a professlonal en¥iT¢nmenL Many counsellors speak a se¢on(J langua8e wlth the community$ need5 in mlnd. le.g., Hlfidl, Urdu. Punjabi, Polish. Italian, Portuguèsè. Spanish. Greek and Cantonese, Mandarln Chinese. Russlan and Ukralnlanl Charity is led by people WIM) represent the dl¥erse comrnunity In Harrow. Achlevements against set objectives: We met our obJertt¥e5 of preseNation and protectlon of the physlcal and mental health ol people Ilvln8 In thE London Borough of Harrow and the surrounding area by.. Provldln8 counsèllln8 to Improve mentsl heatth. Runnin8 small welbbelng gmupsto 5ncrease Indlvlduals. abillty to self-man•8e their mental heahh.
Projects that we have been worklng on this year: HarrowT¢8ether- ¢ontlnued from previous year. This project gave people the opportunity to come together and Increase their emotlon81 and physical well-being through music, exercise, and emotional support groups. HT Ukralne- Continued from prwlous year. Targeted support for Ukrainian TefuBees and their families to access emotional support through counselling In their lan8ua8e. TNL Community Fund- continued from previous year. This funding enabled u5 to provide emotional support to the community FK>5t-pandemic, targeting some of the m05t vulnerable groups suffering from Mental health issues and those from the BAME community. Northwood School- continued from previous year. Need To Talk ha5 two regular coun5ellors placed within the school. offerlll8 1.2.1 sessions for young people. Rocket Sclence- contlnued from wevious year. This project helped us create a safe space for vulnerable women in the Community, whereby their difflculties (domestic vlolencel have been exacerbated due to the COVID-19 pandemlc. Natlonal Lottery Community Fund- Emotlonal crfs This is a new project that just started in March 24 and will continue into the next financial year. This will support and continue to provide one to one counselling. Also. thls will help to Sustain the three dlfferent platforms that we use at Need to Talk.
Flnanclal Review Need ToTalk started the year with a balance of £289S4 made up of Restritted lunds £9171.(Xl and Unrestricted fund$ £19783. Unrestricted Core 19783 Restrfrted Northwood Sch¢)ol 1239 Re5tr5cted NLCF Emotional crlsls Restrlrted Haryow Together 477 Restrlcted HT Ukralne Restrfrted TNL Community Fund Restricted Rotket Sclence 6035 In¢ome Irom Counselllng sessKon5 for 23124 was £28590. whlch ts slmilar to that of the prevlous year. We s¢ured fundlng late In the year around February 24 of £20.000 which was from the 14at5onal Lottery Community Fund INLCFI Emotional cri51s projert. This project wrll continue into 24125. Harrow Wlns tldEet sales brought In onty £18 whl¢h Is a decrease from last year. 11 would su8gest that our $upwters are buyln¢ le5S tltkÈts than lasl year as we rnana8ed to ralse £141 In 22123. We also recel¥Èd donations 01 £401JO which Is unrestricted and ¢ontrlbute to ow overheads. Overall. 23124 ha5 been a steady year. iooklng forward to the next year we wlll need to raise more funds so we ¢an ensure that Need to Talk can carry on offerlty the ¢ommunSty a great servlce counselling sessS1)ns. Thè ¢urrent lèvel of reserves Is £2376 whl¢h are less than ow reser¥e5 pollcy expe¢tatlons. The Iwve been reviewlng expenditure to enable and io ensure the reserves are at a rninimum level. The trustees are almln8 to ha¥e the reserves level inline with the Reserves poll¢¥ by the end of the nextflnan¢ial year. Reserve5 Policy Free reseTves equatlng to at least four (41 month5 of unre5trirted expendlture to support costs and to respond to emergency needs whith arise from time io time. In additlon. there is also a need to desl8nate ¢ertain sums from flee reserves for antklpated expendlture in the short to medlum term. Thls would generally be for capltal expendltyre and will be speclfied in the note5 to the annual aounts. It is anticipated that totsl free reserw Including de5181ted fvnds, w(wJld be malntained at • level ol $116 months ol unrestricted expenditure.
Funds from the charlty Total Funds £21876 Th15 Is made up of: UnfestrictÈd fvnds £ 2376 Restrirted funds £19500 The charltvs princlpal sources of funds (includlng any fundralslng) Client's ntrIjtions for counselling sassM)ns, Harrow Wins fundralsiro vkg sale of HatTOW Wins lottery tickets and grants. Number of employees duringthis year was 2.
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Financial Statements for Year End 31" March 2024 Tht5e stst•ments hw• bptn pffeparqd on a Rets and Payme1 bas15. Charity No. 1177595 Income Ststement R•¢tlpts ond Payments AOunts Forth• pgrknd from 01104r2023 3110¥d024 Unmtrtcted fvnd• R•¥trlctsd fvnd• Tot•1 funds Last Re¢EIPTS Grgnls ctsJnsdiQ Fees . Donation5 20000 2(K)00 28590 4018 44540 28196 141 28590 4018 WorkshoF Other 420 970 970 Tatal incomi re$r¥S 33,578 53,578 73297 PAYMENTS 17.879 1,445 17,879 1.445 24,976 695 Offica, IT running ci)sts DBS Vohjtrtoer Exp8nses Bank charges Faalit8lorslsup8rvisLYs ¢owseMlng Assessment insurance Account5 ProfeySK)nal Fe85 Bookkeè9 Counsdlry $¢CeS RcKim Hir8 218 23 23 -1,160 20,210 450 20.029 9,671 29,700 267 267 287 450 258 258 878 600 6LVJ 106 150 1,567 Events e70 6,fj69 WorkSp$ Trainer Costs Mi8c Exp Equipmeni staff Ining D8pr0Ciqtlon 937 200 118 937 200 118 120 120 587 267 287 Tolal Expended 50.985 971 60.656 49335 NET RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS -17,407 10,329 -7,078 23.962 TRANSFER5 BETWEEN FUND5 CASH FUNDS LAST YEAR END 19783 9171 28,954 4g92 CH FUNDS TH15YEAR END 2,376 19,51K) 21,876 28.9 io
Financial Statements for Year End 31" March 2024 Th•se statsmonts haw been pr•parÈd on a Rete5pts8d Paents ba$ls. Charlty No. 1177S95 Balance Sheet Yèar end 3110312024 Unrestrlct•d Restrlct•d Last Year 22123 TOTAL Flxed Ass•ts 533 533 533 799 Total Fixed Assets urrent Assèts Cash al Bank Bank gf sUand 1843 19S)O 21343 281S5 Totsl Current Ass•ts 19500 21343 24155 Unrestrlcted Rè$tricted TOTAL Cutyènt Liabilltl•s T*>tsl Curr¥rrt Llablllllg$ Total As$•ts Less Li•blllti•s 2376 19500 21876 28954 ToLIl C#sh Funds 2376 19500 21876 28954 li
FSnancl#l St•tements for Year End J1 Marth 2024 Op•nlno Incaffl• 33S78 Tran$ Oal•rK• 2376 Unr•stfyiqd R6rad Cor• 19783 1239 1239 R8strt•d H#Thow T HT u81Th• ThL Cornntty Fund Rock81 Sde TOTALS 477 4T1 836 R(#trthd R•ytrka•d 784 80J5 28951 6035 21m Anancl•l Statomentsforyèar End 31" Marth 2024 s31 WL¢r)i ALI.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALE5 Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustoes Need to Talk On accounts for the year ended 31103124 Charity no (If any) 1177595 Set out on pages 10t012 I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {'Ihe Trusll for the year eTrJed 3110312024 Responsibilitlos and ba$is of report AS the charivs trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Act"). I report in respect of my ex8mination of the Trust's accounts camed o under section 145 of the 2011 A¢t and in carrying o(rt my examinats'on. I have followEd all Ihe appliCae Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 145(5)(bl of the Act. Independent examlnorfs statement I have cornpleted my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come lo my attentson in Connection th the examinat'on vkni¢h gives me cause to believe thal in. any material restt.. the accounting records were not kept in aordanCe wth sedion 130 ofthe Charities Acl,. or the accounts did not acootd wth the accounting records., or the accounts did not mplY wth the applicable reqtsirements Conrning the form and u)nlent of accounts set out in the Charthes (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2(18 other than any requirement that the 8ceounts give a 'lrue and fair, view which is not a matter COndered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection vthth the examination lo lch attention shoulij be drawn In this report In order to enable a proper understanding of Ihe ac(Dunts to be reach&J. Signed.. Name: Diana Frost Relevant profes$lonal qualiflcation($l or body lif any): Address: Voluntsry Action Harrow CIC IER Oct 2018
The Lodge, 64 Pinner Road Harrow,HA14HZ Section B Disclosure Only comp+ele If the examiner needs to highlight material matters of conwn (see CC32, IrKlependent examination of charity accounts-. dIreCtnS and guidan for examiners). Givo here brief details of any items that the gxamlner wishe8 to di$¢l08e. IER Oct 2018