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

Latest income

£4.7m

Latest spending

£4.6m

Registered

1982

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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).

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

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

Who funds TLC: TALK, LISTEN, CHANGE?

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

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE MACKIE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£4k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	FY2023	£4k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	29/05/2025	£131k	Now You’re Talking: growth and development
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	07/05/2020	£2k	Trafford Crisis Fund Grant to Talk Listen Change
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
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council	05/07/2014	£4k	Voluntary Sector Grant to TLC: Talk, Listen, Change (awarded when known under former name: Relate GMS)