THE IPSWICH AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER
Charity number: 272773
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The Ipswich & District Talking Newspaper, ("Sound On") provides regular recorded local news and information updates for people living with a visual impairment or other disabilities which limit their access to printed material, in Ipswich and surrounding towns and villages.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income: £6,921
Total expenditure: £4,811
People
9 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
No information available
Trading
No information available
Trustee payments
No information available
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Education/training
- Disability
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Amateur Sport
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Recreation
- Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
- People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
- Suffolk
Governance
Registration history:
- 23 March 1977: Standard registration
- 08 February 2021: Funds received from 287770 THE LEISTON AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER TRUST
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- SOUND ON (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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)
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| TIMOTHY PENNICK | Chair |
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| Dawn Wright | Trustee | 12 March 2024 |
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| Gina Warren | Trustee | 14 March 2023 |
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| Thomas Kinnear Griffin | Trustee | 14 March 2022 |
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| Agnes Martha Josepha Dix-De Hert | Trustee | 12 March 2021 |
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| CHRISTOPHER DIX | Trustee | 12 March 2013 |
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| MARTYN SHAKESPEARE | Trustee |
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| ANDREW GORHAM | Trustee |
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| EILEEN DAMANT | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £1.96k | £6.63k | £2.79k | £2.02k | £6.92k | |
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Total expenditure | £4.78k | £4.68k | £4.78k | £4.43k | £4.81k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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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 |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 22 September 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 19 August 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 26 July 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 05 September 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 08 September 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | Not required |