01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC014792
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- More than one local authority area in Scotland
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- IV15 9RT
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Providing a talking newspaper service for blind and disabled listeners. The service has been suspended since lockdown in March 2020.
Charitable purposes
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
to provide for the blind, the partially sighted, and those labouring under some temporary or permanent incapacity or disability which makes reading a strain (a) books, magazines and other material recorded on tape and/or in such other form as may be appropriate from time to time. (b) such other services as may be beneficial to the blind, partially sighted and disabled and as the Committee may agree from time to time.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £3,766 | £0 | 0 | 25 June 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £0 | £0 | 0 | 23 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £10 | £201 | 0 | 30 June 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £1,000 | £477 | 0 | 30 June 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £5 | £2,969 | 0 | 30 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
- Glentyan, Kempfield Court, Dingwall
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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