CCEW Charity Commission profile

BISHOP'S STORTFORD & DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER

Registered charity 278725 · organisation 278725

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
7 November 1979
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income
£865
Latest expenditure
£729
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: 24 CHANTRY CLOSE, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 2SN

Website recorded by the regulator: www.bstalkingnewspaper.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Provision of Recordings of the content of the Local Newspaper to those who are unable to read through blindness or similar infirmity

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference
AR26
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received
18 August 2026
Total Gross Income
£865
Total Gross Expenditure
£729
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
21 July 2025
Total Gross Income
£1,097
Total Gross Expenditure
£753
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
19 September 2024
Total Gross Income
£922
Total Gross Expenditure
£754
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
19 November 2023
Total Gross Income
£770
Total Gross Expenditure
£593
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
11 August 2022
Total Gross Income
£443
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,007

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Essex
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Hertfordshire
Welsh Ind
No

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
104
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Disability
Classification Code
202
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Elderly/old People
Classification Code
203
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
People With Disabilities

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
BISHOP'S STORTFORD & DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1979-11-07T00:00:00
Charity Name
BISHOP'S STORTFORD & DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER
Charity Event Order
2
Event Type
Asset transfer in
Date Of Event
2021-03-22T00:00:00
Reason
Does not operate
Assoc Organisation Number
279558
Assoc Registered Charity Number
279558
Assoc Charity Name
THE HARLOW TALKING NEWSPAPER

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
RULES ADOPTED 20/09/1979AS AMENDED ON 19/05/1999AS AMENDED ON 16/05/2014
Charitable Objects
TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR PARTIALLY OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPRARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES.
Area Of Benefit
BISHOP'S STORTFORD

08 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
134403
Charity Name Type
Previous name
Charity Name
THE TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD
Charity Name Id
134396
Charity Name Type
Previous name
Charity Name
TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF BISHOPS STORTFORD

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Investment
Policy Name
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Policy Name
Complaints handling
Policy Name
Volunteer management