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Talking Money

Talking Money is a registered charity (number 900311) based in Bristol, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £620k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as B D A C, Bdac (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £620k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.talkingmoney.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Talking Money
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£620k£549k
  • 2024£543k£501k
  • 2023£526k£522k
Earlier years
  • 2022£811k£799k
  • 2021£992k£995k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 25%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR: (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING AND PROMOTING THE PROVISION OF FREE ADVICE AND OTHER SERVICES TO PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INTO MATTERS RELATING TO:- (I) FINANCIAL LITERACY (II) DEBT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION (III) SOCIAL WELFARE AND ADVOCACY EITHER ON ITS OWN OR WITH OTHERS WHETHER IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL, THE SOUTH WEST REGION OR ELSEWHERE IN ENGLAND.

Grants received

47 grants · £1,259,066 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

9 trustees on the board

4.3y median 1y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 9Education/training 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 9

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£620k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.0 in 2021

13 from 25 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
900311
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/01/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/11/2000AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 03/03/2014
Companies House
Company number 02457362 · Active
Contact on the register
01179543990 · mail@talkingmoney.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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