THE NORWICH TALKING NEWSPAPER

Charity Number: 276432
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Chatterbox, the Norwich Talking Newspaper provides weekly recordings of the Eastern Evening News. As well as the weekly news we provide relevant information and details of upcoming events plus a special Christmas edition and quarterly magazine recording. We also supply equipment to play the recordings on. This is all created by a dedicated team volunteers and has been in operation since 1979.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £17,742
Total expenditure: £23,529

People

13 Trustee(s)

70 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:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Norfolk

Governance

Registration history:
  • 13 September 1978: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • CHATTERBOX (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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

13 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Paul James Henderson Chair 12 March 2025
None on record
Ian Gorst Trustee 15 March 2023
None on record
Elaine Smith Trustee 15 March 2023
None on record
David Henry Potten Trustee 16 March 2022
None on record
Anne Telfer Trustee 16 March 2022
None on record
Roger Ryan Trustee 15 March 2022
None on record
Susan Ryan Trustee 10 March 2021
None on record
Eddie Elmhirst Trustee 11 March 2020
None on record
Alison Aplin Trustee 16 March 2016
None on record
Sarah Lusher Trustee 23 March 2012
ALAN BOSWELL GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
Christine Gilham Trustee 26 March 2010
None on record
Tim Edwards Trustee 12 March 2003
None on record
JANE ROSE Trustee
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 £23.13k £11.77k £12.04k £19.78k £17.74k
Total expenditure £10.73k £18.90k £22.98k £30.33k £23.53k
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 19 March 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2023 04 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 30 May 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 18 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 20 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 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 AND RULES ADOPTED 15TH AUGUST 1978 AND AMENDED 14TH MARCH 1979, 5TH AUGUST 1997 AND 23 MARCH 2012 as amended on 12 Oct 2022 as amended on 15 Mar 2023

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE BLIND, PARTIALLY BLIND OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN BY THE PROVISION OF AUDIO RECORDINGS.

Area of benefit

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

NORWICH

Contact information

Address:
Chatterbox
240 King Street
Norwich
NR1 2TT
Phone:
01603765365
Email:
CONTACT@CBTN.ORG.UK
Website:

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