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Listening Books

The Listening Library, The National Listening Library Limited

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
264221
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Oct. 28, 2025. Filing history
Registered
July 6, 1972
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
01056004

Address

Address
Canopi
82 Tanner Street
London
SE1 3GN

Activities

To provide a postal and internet based audiobook service to: Any child or adult who suffers from an illness or disability which makes it hard to hold a book, turn its pages or read in the usual way; including people with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, and people with visual impairments.

Objects: To Relieve Disability Or Incapacity, Whether Permanent Or Temporary, Arising From Any Sickness, Injury Or Other Physical Or Mental Condition, In Particular, By The Provision Of An Audio Book Library Service Including Recorded Literature And Other Material, Together With Equipment For The Reproduction Of Such Literature Or Other Material, Including The Advancement Of Education Of Persons Suffering From Such Conditions.

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
General Charitable Purposes, Disability
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities

Geography

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 Oct. 28, 2025On time £1,113,056 £1,224,689 £405,284 10
March 31, 2024 Oct. 8, 2024On time £1,068,544 £1,146,237 £518,791 13
March 31, 2023 Jan. 4, 2024On time £877,320 £1,037,440 £596,486 13
March 31, 2022 Sept. 26, 2022On time £935,877 £1,002,405 £770,597 13
March 31, 2021 Nov. 7, 2021On time £867,390 £887,484 £837,125 12

Trustees

Name Appointed
Gillian Martha Howarth (Chair) June 6, 1997
Charlotte Bainbridge March 12, 2025
David Owen O' Neill April 4, 2011
Helen Rosalind Miriam GRANT March 12, 2025
Julia Jessica Hammond
Nicholas David Forster April 4, 2011
Sayra Tekin March 12, 2025