01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC022436
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- DG9 9NZ
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Teams are set up to read and record news and related local information and distribute those recordings for the blind or partially-sighted
Charitable purposes
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- People with disabilities or health problems
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The object of the Association is to relieve the blind, or partially-sighted, or those labouring under some temporary or permanent incapacity or disability which makes reading a strain, by the provision of recordings.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £1,216 | £3,854 | 0 | 23 December 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £643 | £2,428 | 0 | 3 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £1,027 | £2,719 | 0 | 27 January 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | £3,833 | £1,991 | 0 | 17 November 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,575 | £2,571 | 0 | 7 September 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
- Brightside, Ardwell, Stranraer
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://sites.google.com/gallowaytalkingnewspaper.org/gtn/home
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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