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the talking trust

The charity supports children and young people and people with disabilities. The Talking Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in Bexhill On Sea and operates in East Sussex.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

St Mary?s provides day and residential education, therapy and care for children and young adults from ages 7 to 25 with speech, language and communication difficulties and other complex needs. These needs may include disability and illness including learning difficulties, health issues, mental health issues and physical disabilities.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£7,545,353
Latest Expenditure
£4,614,024

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 61.2%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 100.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 0.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £91,046
Charitable Activities £7,127,485
Other Trading £164,990
Investments £161,832
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £4,614,024
Raising Funds £0
Governance £0
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£7,545,353£4,614,024£4,614,024£13,715,985£6,524,212107 / 0
2023£5,278,901£3,811,663£3,811,663£11,036,656£4,460,51391 / 0
2022£4,287,878£3,314,508£3,314,508£9,789,418£3,509,70683 / 1
2021£4,235,923£3,299,478£3,299,478£7,440,048£2,086,54590 / 0
2020£3,979,635£3,068,747£3,068,747£5,035,603£1,838,50095 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers