TIME TO TALK BEFRIENDING

Registered charity 1186555 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We overcome loneliness experienced by older people through befriending. We provide one to one befriending, group befriending, events, seasonal outreach and social prescribing in Brighton and Hove, Adur and Worthing in Sussex.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE:Ò TO RELIEVE LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING WELL-BEING AND RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LONELY OR ISOLATED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES OF ANY KIND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;Ò TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE, SPIRITUAL SUPPORT AND CHAPLAINCY SERVICES OF ANY KIND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;Ò TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ANY KIND IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; ANDÒ TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED TO THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CIO AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL DETERMINE.NOTHING

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £66,235 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted free reserves standing at £169,159. This level of reserves exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £140,000, which represents four months of running expenses. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NEIL HILTONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amy Chima
• DAVID STANDING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gerhard Schulz · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jacqueline Mason

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TALKING MONEY.

• TALKING MONEY income £470k
• AGE CONNECTED income £177k
• KEEP TALKING SERVICES income £160k
• AGE CONCERN CHISWICK income £62k
• BEFRIENDED income £155k
• B:FRIEND income £413k

Side by side with its peers

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