# Wharfedale Talking News

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1028525
- **Other names:** OTLEY AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER, OTLEY & DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 12, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1028525


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 St. Martin's Avenue, OTLEY, West Yorkshire
- **Postcode:** LS21 2AN
- **Phone:** 01943461401
- **Email:** jbarker5@sky.com
- **Website:** https://otleytalkingnews.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED, OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES OR TACTILE READING MATTER

**Activities:** We record local weekly newspapers digitally each week for blind and partially sighted people.  Every month we produce a Talking Magazine and periodically we record the local council info "Otley Matters".  Our listeners either receive a USB stick by post or listen online. Our area covers Otley, Guiseley, Pool, Bramhope, Rawdon, Horsforth, Adel, Cookridge, Ilkley, Menston, Burley and Addingham.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE OTLEY AND SURROUNDING AREA




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Bradford City
- Leeds City
- North Yorkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £9951 | £3073 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £597 | £2798 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £318 | £2683 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £318 | £2683 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £297 | £670 | — | — |



## Trustees

- JOHN GEOFFREY BARKER
- Jan Elaine Towers — appointed June 1, 2019
- Jennifer Whalley — appointed Nov. 13, 2013
- Maureen Mason — appointed Oct. 18, 2024
- Richard Andrew Mellor — appointed Oct. 18, 2024
- SUSAN ROSBOROUGH
- Sarah Elizabeth Langli — appointed Oct. 18, 2024
- Stephanie York — appointed June 1, 2019
- Valerie Bell — appointed Oct. 15, 2021