SUSSEX COAST TALKING NEWS

Charity number: 1194816
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Sussex Coast Talking News (SCTN) provides blind and visually impaired listeners resident along the West Sussex coast with free fortnightly local news and a magazine recorded and dispatched on CD or USB sticks. We are run entirely by volunteers and operate from a studio in Rustington, West Sussex.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £2,995
Total expenditure: £11,900

People

5 Trustee(s)

50 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:
  • West Sussex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 June 2021: CIO registration
  • 07 February 2024: Funds received from 284688 THE VOICE OF PROGRESS LIMITED
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • 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 vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Thomas Robin Batho Chair 01 June 2017
None on record
Peter A Seamer Trustee 11 December 2020
None on record
JULIE ANN PEARCE Trustee 11 December 2020
None on record
ANN RIDLEY Trustee 11 December 2020
None on record
Margaret Eagle Trustee 11 December 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £4.06k £1.75k £3.00k
Total expenditure £22 £5.90k £11.90k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants 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 March 2024 21 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 24 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 05 February 2024 5 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 29 May 2024 119 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 09 February 2023 9 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 09 February 2023 9 days late 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 16 Jun 2021

Charitable objects

PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE BLIND, AND THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED (VIP), AND THOSE WHO HAVE SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION AND DISTRIBUTION OF RECORDED CDS AND USB MEMORY STICKS AND THE EQUIPMENT FOR PLAYING OR REPRODUCING THE SAME AS WELL AS PLACING THE RECORDINGS ON THE WEBSITE.

Area of benefit

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

LOCAL

Contact information

Address:
Rustington Hall
Station Road
Rustington
LITTLEHAMPTON
West Sussex
BN16 3AY
Phone:
01903776569
Email:
mail@sussexcoasttn.org.uk
Website:

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