TLC: TALK, LISTEN, CHANGE

Registered charity 512710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREATER MANCHESTER SOUTH RELATE COUNCIL, MANCHESTER MARRIAGE GUIDANCE COUNCIL, RELATE G M S, RELATE GREATER MANCHESTER SOUTH

TLC: Talk, Listen, Change provide a range of services in support of safe, healthy and happy relationships. These include: - counselling for children, young people, individual adults, couples and families- domestic abuse prevention programmes for perpetrators - mediation and separation services- community volunteering projects- partnership relationship-focussed projects

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Latest income

£4.7m

Latest spending

£4.6m

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £41,514 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £624,442. Per the trustees' report, the charity considers its financial position to be stable, although it notes a shortfall against its 'smart reserve model' target of £839,055. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: 2025 Number £70,001 to £80,000 1” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: 2025 Number £70,001 to £80,000 1” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £624k; policy: three and six month’s expenditure)

“Current Reserves as of 31 March 2025 equal £624,442 .This is a shortfall of £214,613 of our required reserve level.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Loan from subsidiary

“Included within other debtors is a loan balance of £149,254 (2024: £nil) which is due from Now You're Talking Therapy Limited, a subsidiary to the Charity.” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Now You're Talking Therapy Limited

“TLC: Talk, Listen, Change is the parent charity of Now You're Talking Therapy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — TLC: Talk, Listen, Change (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£4.7m

Total spending

£4.6m

Reserves (reported)

£624k

Employees

134

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (24/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Elizabeth Inglebychair
Adiba Sultan
Alvin Raymode
Barbara SHUTTLEWORTH · trustee of 5 other charities
Catherine Jowitt · trustee of 1 other charity
Chong Liu
Gerard Drugan
Grant Nicholas Lowe
Sabreen Ahsan

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.7m	£4.6m
31/03/2024	£4.3m	£4.3m
31/03/2023	£4.4m	£4.4m
31/03/2022	£3.1m	£3.1m
31/03/2021	£2.1m	£2.0m

Common questions

Is TLC: TALK, LISTEN, CHANGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £41,514 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £624,442. Per the trustees' report, the charity considers its financial position to be stable, although it notes a shortfall against its 'smart reserve model' target of £839,055. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of TLC: TALK, LISTEN, CHANGE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds TLC: TALK, LISTEN, CHANGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TLC: TALK, LISTEN, CHANGE as a grant recipient include THE MACKIE FOUNDATION, THE BOOTH CHARITIES, DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND, PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MACKIE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£15k
THE BOOTH CHARITIES	FY2024	£5k	Relief of distress and sickness
THE MACKIE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£4k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2023	£4k	Youth and education
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k
PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1k

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	27/11/2025	£20k	Making Better Choices
Postcode Lottery	29/05/2025	£131k	Now You’re Talking: growth and development
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/03/2023	£10k	Free counselling for vulnerable adults
Stockport MBC	29/06/2020	£10k	Grant to TLC for Stockport
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	07/05/2020	£2k	Trafford Crisis Fund Grant to Talk Listen Change
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/04/2020	£10k	TLC for Greater Manchester
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	24/06/2017	£2k	Voluntary Sector Grant to TLC: Talk, Listen, Change
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	17/06/2017	£1k	Voluntary Sector Grant to TLC: Talk, Listen, Change
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/05/2015	£10k	A4A - Relate GMS - Going Digital
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	05/07/2014	£4k	Voluntary Sector Grant to TLC: Talk, Listen, Change (awarded when known under former name: Relate GMS)
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/07/2005	£177k	To provide an advice and guidance service to families

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
COUTTS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3.1m
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£905k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£905k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£60k
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£30k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED	1	£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	1	£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES.

TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £3.1m
Relationship Therapy North income £376k
TALK FIRST income £193k
The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service income £1.1m
THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY income £3.9m
RESPEITO LTD income £49k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TLC: TALK, LISTEN, CHANGE	£4.7m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	below	—	no doubt
TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Relationship Therapy North FY2025	£376k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
TALK FIRST FY2025	£193k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Relationships Counselling, Therapy and Mediation Service FY2025	£1.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY FY2025	£3.9m	—	—	below	—	material uncertainty

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