01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 22 October 2019
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £5,063
- Latest expenditure
- £7,938
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Strangford, Lichfield Road, Hopwas, TAMWORTH, Staffordshire, B78 3AG
Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.btnbvi.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
We provide recorded material read from local newspapers for the blind and visually impaired to listen to.
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
- 12 August 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,063
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,938
- 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
- 10 September 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 10 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,726
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,995
- 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
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,375
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,015
- 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
- 30 November 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,699
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,049
- 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
- 19 December 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,314
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,459
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2027
- Ar Received Date
- 12 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,063
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,938
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 75
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 10 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,726
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,995
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 75
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,375
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £7,015
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 75
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,699
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,049
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 80
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 19 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,314
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,459
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 62
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Birmingham City
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- West Midlands
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BIRMINGHAM TALKING NEWSPAPERS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2019-10-22T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- BIRMINGHAM TALKING NEWSPAPERS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2020-02-20T00:00:00
- Reason
- Amalgamated
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 505512
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 505512
- Assoc Charity Name
- BIRMINGHAM TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 22 Oct 2019
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED MATERIAL READ PRIMARILY FROM NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES.
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures