THE SOUTHEND-ON-SEA TALKING NEWSPAPER

Charity number: 280590
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provides a free weekly audio recorded digest of local news, plus a regular magazine edition and a regular information bulletin, each distributed alternately every three weeks, to sight impaired and severely sight impaired listeners. Provided on usb memory stick, CD, via BWFB, Amazon Alexa and dialup telephone. A free usb memory stick player is also supplied where required

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £1,708
Total expenditure: £1,618

People

10 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex
  • Southend-on-sea

Governance

Registration history:
  • 11 August 1980: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
NIGEL JAMES GAYNER Chair
SOUTHEND HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Received: On time
ROSCA TRUST
Received: On time
Malcolm Noel Stuart Blain Trustee 17 March 2025
None on record
Sue Richards Trustee 04 March 2024
None on record
Stuart John Hobson Trustee 19 June 2023
None on record
JANET STANNARD Trustee 04 March 2019
None on record
Roger Smith Trustee 04 March 2019
METHODIST CHURCH SOUTHEND AND LEIGH CIRCUIT
Received: On time
CHRISTOPHER RONALD DANDRIDGE Trustee 08 May 2011
None on record
JOHN ADRIAN GRIMES Trustee
None on record
BRYAN ROBERT ARTHUR WOODFORD Trustee
None on record
ERIC QUARMBY Trustee
None on record

Financial history

" role="img"> Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £968 £22.12k £1.86k £4.65k £1.71k
Total expenditure £1.21k £1.17k £8.66k £2.82k £1.62k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 04 June 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2023 04 March 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2022 02 February 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2021 29 September 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2020 26 October 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not required
Submit annual return Open in new window

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 10TH NOVEMBER 1989 AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 20 NOVEMBER 2008 AS AMENDED 7 MAY 2010 DATED 21 DEC 2020 as amended on 18 Mar 2025

Charitable objects

THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDINGS OF NEWS AND OTHER MATERIAL ON USB MEMORY STICK, CD, VIA OUR OWN OR BRITISH WIRELESS FOR THE BLIND WEBSITES, AMAZON ALEXA OR DIAL-UP TELEPHONE, OR BY ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE MEANS POSSIBLE.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE SOUTHEND-ON-SEA

Contact information

Address:
1 MOAT END
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
SS1 3QA
Phone:
01702898900
Email:
southendtalkingnews@gmail.com
Website:

http://southendtalkingnewspaper.org.uk/ Open in new window