CCEW Charity Commission profile

REDBRIDGE TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 271746 · organisation 271746

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
3 August 1976
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 March 2025 – 28 February 2026
Latest income
£3,567
Latest expenditure
£4,085
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: Redbridge Talking Newspaper, Ilford, Essex, IG1 3PP

Website recorded by the regulator: www.redbridgetalkingnewspaper.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

RTN provides a free weekly audio edition on USB memory stick for the blind and partially sighted who live in Redbridge and those who lived in Redbridge and have moved out of the borough but want to stay in touch. The edition contains both local news and magazine features.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 March 2025
Fin Period End Date
28 February 2026
Ar Cycle Reference
AR26
Reporting Due Date
28 December 2026
Date Annual Return Received
7 August 2026
Total Gross Income
£3,567
Total Gross Expenditure
£4,085
Fin Period Start Date
1 March 2024
Fin Period End Date
28 February 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
28 December 2025
Date Annual Return Received
30 September 2025
Total Gross Income
£1,971
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,877
Fin Period Start Date
1 March 2023
Fin Period End Date
29 February 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
29 December 2024
Date Annual Return Received
9 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£1,058
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,827
Fin Period Start Date
1 March 2022
Fin Period End Date
28 February 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
28 December 2023
Date Annual Return Received
1 February 2024
Total Gross Income
£1,868
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,644
Fin Period Start Date
1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date
28 February 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
28 December 2022
Date Annual Return Received
23 November 2022
Total Gross Income
£20,544
Total Gross Expenditure
£6,124

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 March 2021
Fin Period End Date
28 February 2022
Ar Due Date
28 December 2022
Ar Received Date
23 November 2022
Total Gross Income
£20,544
Total Gross Expenditure
£6,124
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
1
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
Yes
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Contracts
249
Income From Government Grants
£249
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
50

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Redbridge
Parent Geographic Area Type
Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description
Greater London
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
203
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
People With Disabilities
Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
104
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Disability

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
REDBRIDGE TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1976-08-03T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
RULES ADOPTED 11TH JUNE 1976 AS AMENDED 31ST MAY 1977 as amended on 05 May 2020
Charitable Objects
The object of the Association is to relieve the blind, or the partially blind, or those labouring under some temporary or permanent incapacity or disability which makes reading a strain, by the provision of recorded tapes or similar media.
Area Of Benefit
REDBRIDGE

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
358022
Charity Name Type
Working name
Charity Name
RTN
Charity Name Id
357960
Charity Name Type
Previous name
Charity Name
REDBRIDGE TALKING NEWSPAPER

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Complaints handling