KEEP TALKING SERVICES
Charity number: 1200275
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The provision of telephone befriending to sufferers of loneliness and or ill health.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 April 2025
Total income: £113,257
Total expenditure: £76,010
People
4 Trustee(s)
175 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
Who the charity helps:
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
- Kent
Governance
Registration history:
- 05 September 2022: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
No other names
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
4 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Catherine Bernal | Chair | 31 October 2022 |
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| Jennifer Sutton | Trustee | 07 January 2026 |
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| Charlotte Simpson | Trustee | 29 September 2025 |
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| Leigh Saunders | Trustee | 10 June 2022 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 30/04/2023 | 30/04/2024 | 30/04/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £29.31k | £62.42k | £113.26k | |
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Total expenditure | £22.86k | £33.65k | £76.01k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £300 | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 30 April 2025 | 19 November 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 April 2025 | 19 November 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 April 2024 | 24 October 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 April 2024 | 24 October 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 April 2023 | 10 December 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 April 2023 | 10 December 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |