## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 31/03/2023 Period start date To 31/03/2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Sussex Coast Talking News** ## **Charity registration number: 1194816** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Provide support for the blind, and the
visually impaired (VIP), and those who have
some temporary or permanent incapacity
or disability which makes reading a strain,
bytheprovision of audio local news.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The editing, and audio recording of local
news, plus the provision and distribution of
recorded CDs and USB memory sticks and
the equipment for playing or reproducing
the same as well as placing the recordings
on the website.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have been sent copies of and
have regard to the latest guidance issued
by the Charity Commission on public
benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|All of the charity’s operations
(management, editing, recording, reading
copying and distribution etc) are conducted
entirely by volunteers.| |||| Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Volunteers phoned listeners (the
beneficiaries) to explain any changes and
to help them access the recordings when
required, and this enabled the charity to
maintain its listener base. Many listeners
expressed their thanks for the service the
charity provided in keeping them in touch
with local news.
In addition, a survey of all listeners was carried
out early in the year. Again, listeners were very
positive about the service they received. For
example, around 80% said that the sound
quality and reading of broadcasts was good or
very good. They rated the local news as the
most popular part, but also indicated that they
enjoyed the magazines. Amongst comments
were two that summed up listeners
experience:
_“I enjoy the connection with the wider_
_community”_
_“I appreciate the time given by volunteers_
_providing the service”_| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|The charity has promoted our services to
the visually impaired in our catchment
area.
In an attempt to increase the number of
younger volunteers, we entered and
arrangement with our local university and
recruited four undergraduates for work
experience. They were helpful in designing
our surveys and also with marketing.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity’s financial position at the end
of the period is a healthy one, with strong
reserves and expenditure in line with
previousyears.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity holds reserves in order to
safeguard its future as it has in this last
year, as in the previous year, had to vacate
its current premises and temporarily or
permanently find and pay for alternative
costlystudiopremises.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£50,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity’s principal sources of funds are
from donations and its investment
reserves.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Where it is seen to be financially possible
and appropriate once the charity’s own
financial needs are considered, the trustees
of the charity have given financial support
other like-minded charities and
organisations (with objectives to provide
support for the blind, and the visually
impaired).| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risks facing the charity are:
• Continuing to have sufficient funds
for the rental of its premises for its
operations
• Maintaining its listener base; a
number of similar Talking News
charities have had to fold because
listener numbers are too low
(listener numbers fall due to age
attrition).
• Recruiting and maintaining
volunteers with suitable skills to
enable good quality in all of its
varied operations.
• Listeners have reportedlate postal
delivery| Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Memorandum and articles of association| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|New trustees are nominated by existing
trustees, volunteers and the management
group and elected to post| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|New trustees are inducted and trained by
existing trustees. Training for existing
trustees is encouraged and implemented
where necessary (eg for data protection).| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity is managed by a management
group which comprises the trustees and
volunteers who lead on specific operations
(eg outreach and editing) and which is
chaired by the director. All of the members
are nominated by volunteers and are
subject to re-election.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Sussex Coast Talking News| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1194816| |Charity’s principal address|Rustington Hall
Station Road
Rustington BN16 3AY
It is likely that there will be a change to this address in the
near future.| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Thomas Batho|Director||| ||Peter Seamer|||| ||Margaret Eagle|||| ||Julie Pearce|||| ||Ann Ridley|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Thomas Robin Batho **Position (eg Secretary,** Director **Chair, etc) Date** 07/03/2024 **Charity Name No (if any) Sussex Coast Talking News 1194816 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/02/2023 31/01/2024 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**1,944**
**1,052**
**11,809**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,805**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,805**
**11,900**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,900**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,900**
**2,905**
**-**
**-**
**2,905**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,944**
**1,052**
**11,809**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,805**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,805**
**11,900**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,900**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,900**

**2,905**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,944**
**1,052**
**11,809**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,805**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**14,805**
**11,900**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,900**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,900**

**2,905**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations & Legacies|**1,944**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**1,944**||**6,177**| |Investment income|**1,052**|||**1,052**||**853**| |Investment Fund Revaluation|**11,809**|||**11,809**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**14,805**|||**14,805**||**7,030**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**14,805**||**7,030**| |||||||| |Charitable Activities|**11,900**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**11,900**||**16,157**| |Investment Fund Revaluation|**-**|||**-**||**21,716**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**11,900**|||**11,900**||**37,873**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**11,900**||**37,873**| |||||||| ||**2,905**|**-**|**-**|
**2,905**||**(30,843)**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**2,905**|**-**|**-**|
**2,905**||**(30,843)**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 24/01/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Investment Fund
Current account
**Details**
**Details**
Fixed Assests
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**8,389**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,389**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**400,621**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**1,433**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
TR BATHO|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||TR BATHO|24/01/2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 24/01/2025 2