# VOICE OF THE LISTENER & VIEWER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1152136
- **Other names:** VLV
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 22, 2013
- **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=1152136


## Contact

- **Address:** Voice Of The Listener & Viewer, The Old Rectory Business Centre, Springhead Road, Northfleet
- **Postcode:** Kent
- **Phone:** 01474338716
- **Email:** info@vlv.org.uk
- **Website:** www.vlv.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED: (A) FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL THE FORMS AND ASPECTS OF BROADCASTING, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: (I) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF BROADCASTING IN ALL ITS ASPECTS AND PARTICULARLY ITS SUBJECT MATTER, ITS ROLE IN SOCIETY AND ITS TECHNIQUES;(II) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF BROADCASTING AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND (B) FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH MANNER AS IS CHARITABLE BY PROMOTING THE CONTINUANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGH STANDARDS IN BROADCASTING, BOTH TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.

**Activities:** VLV works to represent UK citizen and consumer interests in broadcasting and speaks for listeners and viewers on the full range of broadcasting issues. We use  independent expertise to champion quality and diversity in programming, respond to consultations, write policy briefings, run events and conferences and work for public service broadcasting that informs, educates and entertains.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | £88522 | £86640 | — | — |
| May 31, 2024 | £92579 | £107301 | — | — |
| May 31, 2023 | £114619 | £115284 | — | — |
| May 31, 2022 | £103011 | £95790 | — | — |
| May 31, 2021 | £54951 | £59854 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **COLIN BROWNE** (Chair) — appointed March 25, 2013
- Allan Jack — appointed Nov. 29, 2023
- Andrew Board — appointed Nov. 30, 2022
- Catherine Freda Dixon — appointed Nov. 28, 2024
- Helen Jay — appointed Nov. 28, 2024
- Hesham Sabry — appointed Nov. 28, 2024
- Mary Dixon — appointed Nov. 18, 2014
- Peter Stanley Gordon — appointed Nov. 30, 2016
- Professor Catherine Johnson — appointed Nov. 28, 2024
- Professor Robert Charles Usherwood — appointed Nov. 29, 2023
- Professor Sylvia Margaret Harvey — appointed Dec. 2, 2020
- Ritula Shah — appointed Nov. 28, 2024
- Toni Charlton — appointed July 8, 2021