DARLINGTON AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION

Charity number: 1188452
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Providing people living in Darlington and the surrounding area who are blind, visually impaired or who have another disability or illness which prevents them from reading printed material by the provision of a free news and information service.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £4,578
Total expenditure: £6,368

People

10 Trustee(s)

40 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

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:
  • Darlington

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 March 2020: CIO registration
  • 23 November 2021: Funds received from 700129 DARLINGTON AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIAT...
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • 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
Maureen Gorman Trustee 05 April 2025
None on record
Gillian Moore Trustee 05 April 2025
None on record
Gerard Joseph Callaghan Trustee 10 May 2021
None on record
Paul Luddington Knight Trustee 09 November 2020
None on record
David Edward Green Trustee 12 October 2020
None on record
Margaret Harrison Trustee 07 January 2020
None on record
Katharine Frances Grogan Trustee 07 January 2020
None on record
Richard Hawkins Trustee 07 January 2020
None on record
Patricia Elizabeth Walker Trustee 07 January 2020
None on record
Ciaran Michael Patrick Grogan Trustee 05 April 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £3.06k £2.35k £3.31k £5.33k £4.58k
Total expenditure £6.18k £7.37k £4.72k £7.35k £6.37k
Income from government contracts £1.10k 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 31 May 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 31 May 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 20 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 20 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 05 May 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 05 May 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 09 May 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 09 May 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 07 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 07 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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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.

CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 10 Mar 2020 as amended on 13 May 2021

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE LIVING IN DARLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR WHO HAVE ANOTHER DISABILITY OR ILLNESS WHICH PREVENTS THEM FROM READING PRINTED MATERIAL BY THE PROVISION OF A FREE NEWS AND INFORMATION SERVICE.

Contact information

Address:
1D Birch House
80 Eastmount Road
Darlington
DL1 1LA
Phone:
01325465101
Email:
dtnewspaper@outlook.com
Website:

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