Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 6

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -3

LICHFIELD AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION

To provide services (Talking Newspaper) to the blind in South Staffordshire

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 42 years

www.lichfieldtalkingnews.co.uk

johnmaymbe@outlook.com

07948794982

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£11	£11	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
31/12/21		£10	£10	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20		£3	£4	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/19	*	£8	£7	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/18		£30	£34	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	27
31/12/17		£16	£18	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£28	£23	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£21	£20	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£11	£11	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£24	£25	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£21	£22	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£10	£12	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£17	£14	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£1	£3	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07	*	£7	£3	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06?	*	£1	£4	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
17 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Media players
£9,000	17/08/2018 12	This funding will be used to purchase equipment for visually impaired people, helping the service to meet its current demand and reduce isolation for this community.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Lichfield Talking News for the Blind
£5,800	30/01/2018	purchase of a Flashmax high speed duplicator for a charity which works with visually impaired people in Lichfield

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JOHN MAY MBE (Chair)

JONATHAN MARK WOOLF Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: LICHFIELD METHODIST CHURCH,

PETER STEPHEN FOX Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/01/1982, number: 512190

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR19: 351 days late, AR07: 52 days late, AR06: 417 days late,

Main office

10 HAWKESMOOR DRIVE
LICHFIELD
WS14 9YH

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

LICHFIELD AND DISTRICT

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