THE PEERTALK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1169830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEER TALK, PEERTALK

Running peer support groups for those living with depressionTraining volunteer support group facilitatorsRaising Awareness of mental health, particularly depression

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

Latest income

£81k

Latest spending

£94k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves are £15,766.42, which is below the unrestricted fund balance of the prior year (£43,307.00). The trustees' report notes that funding is a 'constant concern and challenge' for the small charity, although the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found in the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Funding is a constant concern and challenge for such a small charity”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — PeerTalk (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Alistair Newtonchair
Andrew Christopher Varley
Dr Michael Doyle
Dr Susan Wishart
Joanne Margaret Malcolm
Rev PETER SHEASBY

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£81k	£94k
31/03/2024	£114k	£145k
31/03/2023	£143k	£158k
31/03/2022	£94k	£150k
31/03/2021	£83k	£133k

Common questions

Is THE PEERTALK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves are £15,766.42, which is below the unrestricted fund balance of the prior year (£43,307.00). The trustees' report notes that funding is a 'constant concern and challenge' for the small charity, although the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found in the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PEERTALK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PEERTALK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include H C D MEMORIAL FUND, THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY, PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
H C D MEMORIAL FUND	FY2023	£25k
H C D MEMORIAL FUND	FY2024	£20k	Health
THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY	FY2025	£5k	North of England
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2025	£5k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2022	£5k	SMALLER GRANTS
THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY	FY2022	£5k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/10/2022	£10k	PeerTalk: supporting people living with depression in Hampshire and Surrey
UK government	11/08/2020	£27k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/10/2019	£10k	PeerTalk Northeast Development Project