Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 0

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 6

TALKING NEWS FEDERATION

The Talking News Federation exists to support and assist almost 325 local Talking Newspapers to deliver local news and information in audio to blind, partially sighted and print disabled people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£87,239	£32,439	£54,800	6
31/03/22	£41,754	£26,884	£14,870	25
31/03/21	£26,320	£12,391	£13,929	14

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.tnf.org.uk

enquiries@tnf.org.uk

01793497555

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN DUNDERDALE Appointed: 2023

AMANDA REED (Chair) Appointed: 2021

DANIEL WHITE Appointed: 2023

DIANE HEATHER BOLTON Appointed: 2020

LUKE HOWARTH Appointed: 2023

JUNE DENYSE MARY LITTLE Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE COTSWOLD LISTENER,

RICHARD BLACK Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeships: THE CHELMSFORD AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER, CHELMSFORD AREA ACCESS GROUP,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/10/2019, number: 1185913

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

20/10/2020 - Asset transfer in from TALKING NEWS FEDERATION
14/07/2022 - Asset transfer in from CYNON VALLEY TALKING NEWS
12/01/2023 - Asset transfer in from THE WISBECH AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER
01/08/2023 - Asset transfer in from SLEAFORD AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from TALKING NEWS FEDERATION on 20/10/2020
Asset transfer in from CYNON VALLEY TALKING NEWS on 14/07/2022
Asset transfer in from THE WISBECH AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER on 12/01/2023
Asset transfer in from SLEAFORD AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION on 01/08/2023

Main office

TALKING NEWS FEDERATION
145 VICTORIA ROAD
SWINDON
SN1 3BU
SN1 3BU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS (THE “OBJECTS”) OF THE CIO ARE: 1) TO PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE AND THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS MEMBER ORGANISATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY THAT MAKES READING A STRAIN BY. A) TO SUPPORT REPRESENT AND DEVELOP THE WORK OF ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHICH UNDERTAKE THE SYSTEMATIC PROVISION OF NEWS AND OTHER MATERIAL BY DIGITAL OR ANALOGUE TRANSMISSIONS (“TALKING NEWS ORGANISATIONS”) THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM. B) PROMOTING AND ASSISTING THE FORMATION OF TALKING NEWS ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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