THE COTSWOLD LISTENER
Charity number: 276631
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Records and distributes a weekly talking newspaper and magazine on CD, memory stick and via website to approximately 165 visually impaired listeners in Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and North Cotswolds.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £2,241
Total expenditure: £7,442
People
7 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:
- Disability
Who the charity helps:
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
- Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
- Gloucestershire
Governance
Registration history:
- 16 November 1978: Standard registration
- 25 June 2025: Funds received from 299859 CORINIUM TALKING NEWS
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
- THE COTSWOLD LISTENER (Previous name)
- THE TALKING NEWSPAPER FOR THE BLIND (THE COTSWOLD LISTENER) (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Investment
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
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
7 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| June Denyse Mary Little | Chair | 12 November 2018 |
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| Anne Beech Mrs | Trustee | 01 April 2025 |
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| Adrian Holford Mr | Trustee | 07 September 2024 |
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| Julie Rogers | Trustee | 20 September 2021 |
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| Nicola Rachel Elizabeth Goldsby | Trustee | 04 September 2021 |
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| Margaret Threadgold | Trustee | 05 September 2020 |
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| Susan Liptrot | Trustee | 05 September 2020 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £8.14k | £16.04k | £9.21k | £7.85k | £2.24k | |
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Total expenditure | £11.83k | £9.77k | £8.57k | £7.58k | £7.44k | |
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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 | £10.00k | 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 March 2024 | 09 September 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 24 January 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 06 September 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 16 November 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 12 October 2020 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | Not required |