BANBURY TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 7 July 1980
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 June 2024 – 31 May 2025
Latest income: £2,160
Latest expenditure: £3,350
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: BANBURY TALKING NEWSPAPER, Royal Voluntary Service, Castle Street, BANBURY, Oxfordshire, OX16 5NT

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Recording and distributing news from local newspapers and items of general interest to those who have a disability which prevents them from reading written text for themselves. This is mainly in Banbury and the surrounding Oxfordshire district, but we have listeners in Northants, Warwickshire and further afield where ex Banbury residents have requested.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 14 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,160
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,350

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 12 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,885
Total Gross Expenditure: £937

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 3 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £168
Total Gross Expenditure: £679

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 13 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £3,012
Total Gross Expenditure: £879

Fin Period Start Date: 1 June 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 May 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 March 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 23 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,646
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,012

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Oxfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Northamptonshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Warwickshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BANBURY TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1980-07-07T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29TH APRIL 1980
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 RECORDED TAPES.
Area Of Benefit: OXFORDSHIRE

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 159168
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BANBURY TALKING NEWSPAPER - PAPERTALK

Charity Name Id: 159150
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: BANBURY TALKING NEWSPAPER

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests