TIME AND TALENTS ASSOCIATION
To relieve persons who are in a condition of financial hardship, or in need by reason of their age, infirmity, disability or social or economic circumstances.To advance education.To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for education, recreation and other leisure occupation in interests of social welfare and with object of improving the condition of life of those provided for.
Objects
TO FURTHER ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK AND ELSEWHERE AND IN PARTICULAR: (I) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN A CONDITION OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. (II) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION. AND: (III) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £48,582 for the year, resulting in a cash deficit of £71,016. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £93,615, which represents 3.02 months of operating costs, meeting the stated policy target of three months.
What the accounts disclose
“holding a minimum of three months’ opera ng costs in unrestricted reserves” — page 17
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- 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
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- 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
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 85
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 85
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 120
- Government income: £119,995 — grants £119,995 (7); 23% of the £526,926 total gross income on the same return
Property (HM Land Registry)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Trustees
- Angela Woodleychair
- Hetal Gandhi
- Michael John Dellapina
- Paul Wright
- Shaun Perkins
- Susan Lower
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £616k | £665k |
| 31/03/2024 | £637k | £745k |
| 31/03/2023 | £527k | £669k |
| 31/03/2022 | £507k | £611k |
| 31/03/2021 | £866k | £664k |
Common questions
Is TIME AND TALENTS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £48,582 for the year, resulting in a cash deficit of £71,016. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £93,615, which represents 3.02 months of operating costs, meeting the stated policy target of three months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds TIME AND TALENTS ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TIME AND TALENTS ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE INMAN CHARITY.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY | FY2024 | £60k | |
| UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY | FY2023 | £50k | Unrestricted grant towards the organisation's goals and outcomes for the benefit of Southwark residents |
| CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON | FY2022 | £33k | Older People & Housing Programme |
| THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £30k | Older People & Housing Programme |
| THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £30k | Older People & Housing Programme |
| THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST | FY2023 | £25k | Term Funding |
| THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST | FY2022 | £25k | TERM FUNDING |
| THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST | FY2024 | £25k | Term Funding |
| UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY | FY2024 | £20k | |
| UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY | FY2023 | £20k | Time and Talents - Unrestricted grant |
| CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON | FY2023 | £17k | Older People & Housing |
| THE INMAN CHARITY | FY2024 | £3k | Social - Older People and Social Welfare |
| THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £3k | |
| Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation | FY2025 | £2k | Grant to Organisation |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 04/06/2026 | £20k | Volunteer development |
| Sport England | 05/12/2025 | £10k | Physical Activity For All |
| City Bridge Foundation | 25/09/2024 | £58k | Grant to Time & Talents Association |
| Sport England | 31/07/2024 | £10k | Time & Talents Community Fitness Offer for All Abilities |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2024 | £1k | Grant to Time and Talents Association |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2024 | £1k | Grant to Time and Talents Association |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2024 | £6k | Grant to Time and Talents Association |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2024 | £19k | Grant to Time and Talents |
| The Mercers' Company | 29/11/2023 | £90k | Grant to Time and Talents Association |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2023 | £3k | Grant to Time & Talents |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2023 | £18k | Grant to Time & Talents |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2023 | £14k | Grant to Time & Talents |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2023 | £3k | Grant to Time & Talents |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 16/12/2022 | £300k | Rotherhithe Recovery: Reviving our Community Post-Covid |
| City Bridge Foundation | 15/11/2022 | £114k | Grant to Time & Talents Association |
| Sport England | 21/10/2022 | £3k | Jubilee Fund - Strong Sisters (Muslim women’s self-defence fitness classes) |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2022 | £18k | Grant to Time & Talents |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2022 | £3k | Grant to Time & Talents |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2022 | £5k | Grant to Time & Talents |
| London Borough of Southwark | 31/03/2022 | £4k | Grant to Time & Talents |
| UK government | 05/08/2020 | £32k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| The Mercers' Company | 09/04/2020 | £5k | Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant |
| London Borough of Southwark | 01/04/2020 | £4k | Grant to Time and Talents Association |
| London Borough of Southwark | 01/04/2020 | £84k | Grant to Time & Talents |
| London Borough of Southwark | 01/04/2020 | £5k | Grant to Time and Talents |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £70k |
| THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED | 1 | £57k |
| THE VALIANT CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £40k |
| Alex Ferry Foundation | 1 | £25k |
| THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND | 1 | £20k |
| THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | 1 | £20k |
| HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY | 1 | £18k |
| THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY | 1 | £15k |
Charities like this
- TIME TOGETHER
- THE TALENT FUND
- TIME TO HELP (UK)
- THE TALENT FOUNDRY TRUST
- THE WEST END COMMUNITY TRUST
- KIDS-IN-ACTION
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIME AND TALENTS ASSOCIATION | £616k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| TIME TOGETHER | £450k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE TALENT FUND | £2.2m | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| TIME TO HELP (UK) | £844k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| THE TALENT FOUNDRY TRUST | £2.0m | — | — | within | — | no doubt |
| THE WEST END COMMUNITY TRUST | £45k | — | — | above | — | no doubt |