Registered charity · Hertfordshire
Youth Talk Limited
- 10 trustees
- Income £577k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alison KiernanTrustee · since 2023
- Carol TwidellTrustee · since 2025
- Christopher ClulowTrustee
- Dr David HemsiTrustee · since 2022
- Gareth Huw EvansTrustee · since 2022
- Gaynor Anne CashinTrustee · since 2022
- Gillian Wendy Targett-AdamsTrustee · since 2024
- Jacqueline Elizabeth FryerTrustee · since 2019
- Michael Patrick Chapman MrTrustee · since 2025
- Teresa Mary DalleyTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.youthtalk.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Youth Talk Limited
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£577k£555k
- 2024£471k£569k
- 2023£479k£442k
Earlier years
- 2022£377k£329k
- 2021£341k£298k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 23%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO DISADVANTAGED AND DISTRESSED YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN OR CONNECTED WITH ST. ALBANS AND DISTRICT, IN THE FORM OF COUNSELLING, PSYCHOTHERAPY AND RELATED SERVICES. (B) TO PREVENT OR ALLEVIATE MENTAL ILL HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE AND MALADAPTATION IN ADULT AND FUTURE FAMILY AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. (C) TO PROMOTE EMOTIONAL WELL BEING.
Grants received
29 grants · £832,337 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £457,133 (5 grants)
- Hertfordshire Community Foundation · £119,123 (11 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £95,967 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £45,000 (2 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £44,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Alison Kiernan since 2023
- Christopher Clulow
- Carol Twidell since 2025
- Dr David Hemsi since 2022
- Gareth Huw Evans since 2022
- Gaynor Anne Cashin since 2022
- Gillian Wendy Targett-Adams since 2024
- Jacqueline Elizabeth Fryer since 2019
- Michael Patrick Chapman Mr since 2025
- Teresa Mary Dalley since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Jacqueline Elizabeth Fryer since 2019
- Teresa Mary Dalley since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alison Kiernan since 2023
- Christopher Clulow
- Carol Twidell since 2025
- Dr David Hemsi since 2022
- Gareth Huw Evans since 2022
- Gaynor Anne Cashin since 2022
- Gillian Wendy Targett-Adams since 2024
- Jacqueline Elizabeth Fryer since 2019
- Michael Patrick Chapman Mr since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Teresa Mary Dalley since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1063572
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21ST FEBRUARY 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 5TH JUNE 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10 FEB 2016 AS AMENDED ON 15 JUL 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 DEC 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 03322319 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01727868684 · info@youthtalk.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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