TALKING FRIENDS
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
To provide those who are visually impaired with audio access to Quaker periodicals and books at low cost.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
People
3 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Disability
- People With Disabilities
- Provides Services
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
Governance
- 25 July 1988: Standard registration
No other names
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Investment
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Volunteer management
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
3 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Susan Steadman | Trustee | 14 July 2022 |
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| Catherine Khurana | Trustee | 20 January 2021 |
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| Nicholas James Tulley | Trustee | 01 August 2019 |
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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 | £273 | £505 | £776 | £1.68k | £856 | |
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Total expenditure | £1.03k | £866 | £704 | £1.21k | £879 | |
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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
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 01 July 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 03 August 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 06 July 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 09 May 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 26 April 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | Not required |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20TH MAY 1988 AS AMENDED 4TH MAY 1991 AND 9TH MAY 1993
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE BLIND, OR THE PARTIALLY-SIGHTED, OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS AND FACILITIES ALL OF WHATSOEVER NATURE AND DESCRIPTION TO PROVIDE FOR AUDIABLE REPRODUCTION OF PRINTED OR SPOKEN MATERIAL AND MUSIC OR TACTILE READING MATTER.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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7 OAK TREE HOUSE
153 OAK TREE LANE
BOURNVILLE
BIRMINGHAM
B30 1TU
- Phone:
- 01214154883
- Email:
- info@talkingfriends.org
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