01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC002783
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 1
- Postcode
- KW15 1AG
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 19 March 2013 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by SC002783 Orkney Talking Newspaper, which was an unincorporated association registered as a charity since 29 June 1984.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Orkney Talking Newspaper is set up to record and distribute recordings of the weekly newspaper, 'The Orcadian' to those people who are either blind or partially sighted or have any other disability which makes it difficult to read, living both in Orkney and further afield.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
4.1 To record local (Orkney) news and information in a range of formats and to provide the facility of this recorded material to persons living within or outwith Orkney who are registered blind, partially sighted or labouring under some temporary or permanent incapacity which makes reading a strain. 4.2 To co-ordinate volunteers to undertake the preparing, reading, and recording of published information and the delivery of the same to members.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £5,439 | £10,436 | 1 | 1 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £57,454 | £11,885 | 1 | 25 June 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £4,381 | £8,198 | 1 | 24 July 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £8,409 | £15,065 | 1 | 29 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £7,912 | £8,268 | 1 | 3 November 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- The Orkney Library & Archive, 44 Junction Road, Kirkwall, Orkney
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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