OFF THE RECORD (TWICKENHAM)

Registered charity 1152097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Off The Record Twickenham (OTR) provides counselling, supported information and sexual health services to young people aged 11 to 24 who live, work, or study in the borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Objects

(1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS OF YOUNG PERSONS (BEING PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, PARTICULARLY THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES.(2)THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH OR BY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR THE GIVING OF INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP COUNSELLING, AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£306k
Latest spending
£310k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming that no matters came to their attention requiring further disclosure. The examiner verified that accounting records were kept and that the accounts accorded with those records and complied with applicable accounting standards.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £29,520 — contracts £29,520 (1); 10% of the £305,913 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 16
  • Government income: £29,520 — contracts £29,520 (1); 14% of the £212,961 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 23
  • Government income: £116,000 — contracts £116,000 (1); 42% of the £276,577 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Off the Record Twickenham (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£306k£310k
31/03/2024£213k£316k
31/03/2023£277k£286k
31/03/2022£234k£257k
31/03/2021£288k£200k

Common questions

Is OFF THE RECORD (TWICKENHAM) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming that no matters came to their attention requiring further disclosure. The examiner verified that accounting records were kept and that the accounts accorded with those records and complied with applicable accounting standards. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OFF THE RECORD (TWICKENHAM)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OFF THE RECORD (TWICKENHAM) as a grant recipient include Richmond Foundation, HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT, THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST, THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ASTOR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Richmond FoundationFY2025£58kCore Grant
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENTFY2022£15kTo continue the support of three additional satellite counselling services, benefiting 52 young people from our area of benefit.
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENTFY2023£10kCounselling support for young people - salary costs
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2022£5kThe Mount Fund - Mental Health
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kVIP
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£2k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government28/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2019£10kCounselling for young people in crisis
City Bridge Foundation09/07/2015£62kGrant to Off The Record Twickenham

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OFF THE RECORD (SOUTH EAST HAMPSHIRE).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OFF THE RECORD (TWICKENHAM)£306k——unclear—no doubt
OFF THE RECORD (SOUTH EAST HAMPSHIRE) FY2025£526k—0unclear—no doubt
OFF THE RECORD - BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET FY2025£998k—0unclear—no doubt
"OFF THE RECORD" YOUTH COUNSELLING CROYDON FY2025£3.0mOver £60,0001above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.