STEVENAGE AND NORTH HERTS TALKING NEWS

Charity number: 1184417
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Our team of volunteers produces a weekly audio recording of local news and magazines which is copied onto memory sticks and provided free of charge, by post, to the blind or partially sighted, or those labouring under some temporary or permanent incapacity or disability which makes reading a strain, in the Stevenage and North Hertfordshire areas. We also loan them a player to listen to the stick.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 01 April 2025

Total income: £2,000
Total expenditure: £1,599

People

4 Trustee(s)

28 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
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Central Bedfordshire
  • Hertfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 July 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Ian Hanks Mr Chair 09 January 2019
None on record
Colin Geoffrey Blake Trustee 01 April 2023
None on record
Neil MacQuarrie Smith Dodds Trustee 20 September 2021
None on record
Wendy Helen Roskilly Trustee 09 January 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 01/04/2021 01/04/2022 01/04/2023 01/04/2024 01/04/2025
Total gross income £8.83k £2.59k £1.39k £99 £2.00k
Total expenditure £5.52k £1.07k £1.70k £1.28k £1.60k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £1.52k 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 01 April 2025 10 July 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2025 10 July 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2024 29 August 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2024 29 August 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2023 23 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2023 23 October 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2022 13 June 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2022 13 June 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2021 12 September 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2021 12 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 - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Jul 2019

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN BY THE PROVISION OF A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE (“THE NEWSPAPER”) THROUGH A RECORDED DEVICE.

Contact information

Address:
8 Chambers Lane
Ickleford
HITCHIN
Hertfordshire
SG5 3YA
Phone:
07856736108
Email:
snhtnews@gmail.com
Website:

[www.snhtalkingnews.co.uk]