Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 1

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 2

WEALDEN TALKING NEWS

Production and provision of audio editions of local newspapers to visually impaired. Production and provision of audio magazines to visually impaired. Facilities also used to convert written data to audio versions for other local charities, e.g. East Sussex Association for the Blind, Care for the Carers, etc.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 48 years

www.wealdentalkingnews.org.uk

secretarywtn@gmail.com

01435 862 304

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£5	£12	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£5	£12	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	*	£6	£9	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£17	£13	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	74
31/03/19		£49	£12	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/18		£5	£10	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£5	£10	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£6	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£4	£7	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£3	£7	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£21	£8	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£4	£8	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£7	£11	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£24	£8	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£7	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£7	£7	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£10	£8	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£16	£15	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£8	£10	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£6	£5	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Streaming Sussex Wide
£10,000	21/03/2019 12	The organisation will use funding to develop their talking news services and infrastructure to meet the increased demand to support people who are blind and partially sighted. The project aims to ....more The organisation will use funding to develop their talking news services and infrastructure to meet the increased demand to support people who are blind and partially sighted. The project aims to improve people's mental health and wellbeing by improving access to community engagement and inclusive activities.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Wealden Talking News
£3,284	16/03/2018 10	Wealden Talking News (WTN) is a Charity for the Blind and Partially Sighted in East Sussex producing free weekly memory sticks of news. Funding was provided to support the running costs of their ....more Wealden Talking News (WTN) is a Charity for the Blind and Partially Sighted in East Sussex producing free weekly memory sticks of news. Funding was provided to support the running costs of their organisation, including rent and rates, electricity and postage costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wealden Talking News
£9,936	10/05/2017 12	This project will purchase and install new equipment for the radio station, which provides news and information specifically for blind and partially sighted people.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN COOK Appointed: 2022

AMANDA FOSTER Appointed: 2016

DIANNE STEELE Appointed: 2015

HEATHER HALIT Appointed: 2016

KEITH MATES Appointed: 2022

MARY LILLA HEASLIP Appointed: 2020

MIKE HOLLIS Appointed: 2014

RICHARD ARTHUR FOSTER

SUSAN DIX Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/02/1976, number: 270183

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 53 days late, AR21: 5 days late, AR13: 139 days late, AR11: 135 days late, AR10: 500 days late, AR09: 57 days late, AR08: 3 days late,

Main office

Wealden Talking News
1-2 Bank Buildings
Cherwell Road
HEATHFIELD
East Sussex
TN21 8JT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE BLIND, OR THE PARTIALLY BLIND, OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED MEDIA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE HEATHFIELD AND DISTRICT

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