SALFORD TALKING NEWSPAPER

Charity number: 510351
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The provision of a free service whereby blind, partially-sighted or otherwise reading-disabled residents of the whole of the City of Salford can listen to a local news recording each week on memory stick. A free monthly magazine recording is also sent out once a month. Play-back speakers are loaned free to any listener who needs one.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £790
Total expenditure: £2,227

People

9 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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Salford City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 August 1980: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • SALFORD TALKING NEWS (Working name)
  • THE SALFORD TALKING NEWSPAPER FOR THE BLIND (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • 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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Andrew Edward Connell Trustee 15 October 2019
None on record
Jeffrey Barnes Trustee 24 June 2019
ROTARY CLUB OF WORSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
MRS JAN PHELAN Trustee 20 June 2016
None on record
PETER IRWIN Trustee 20 June 2016
ROTARY CLUB OF WORSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
SALFORD IMAGINATION LIBRARY
Received: On time
FARNWORTH AND WORSLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT
Received: 316 days late
JENNIFER HINDSHAW Trustee 13 January 2014
THE MANCHESTER BOLTON AND BURY CANAL SOCIETY
Received: On time
JOSEPH WILFRED MURPHY Trustee 09 December 2013
None on record
MR JIM OPENSHAW Trustee
None on record
ANNE HECTOR Trustee
None on record
TREVOR PALMER Trustee
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES (HOPE)
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £1.69k £701 £1.93k £178 £790
Total expenditure £4.37k £2.58k £2.53k £1.95k £2.23k
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 March 2024 27 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2023 06 February 2024 6 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2022 09 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 18 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 25 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not Required
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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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14 MAY 1980 AS AMENDED 4 MAY 1988, AFFECTED BY ORDER DATED 8 MAY 2006 AND AMENDED BY RESOLUTION 12 JUNE 2006.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE BLIND, OR THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED, OR OTHERWISE READING-DISABLED PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED MEDIA, AND ASSOCIATED PLAY BACK EQUIPMENT ON LOAN WHERE NECESSARY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSTITUTION).

Area of benefit

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

CITY OF SALFORD

Contact information

Address:
Salford Talking Newspaper
St. Georges Resource Centre
Cromwell Road
SALFORD
M6 6SB
Phone:
01617368670
Email:
admin@salford-talking-news.org
Website:

No information available