# LISTENING BOOKS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 264221
- **Other names:** THE LISTENING LIBRARY, THE NATIONAL LISTENING LIBRARY LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01056004](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01056004)
- **Registered:** July 6, 1972
- **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=264221


## Contact

- **Address:** The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE11 5RR
- **Phone:** 02074079417
- **Email:** info@listening-books.org.uk
- **Website:** www.listening-books.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1113056 | £1224689 | £405284 | 10 |  |
| March 31, 2024 | £1068544 | £1146237 | £518791 | 13 |  |
| March 31, 2023 | £877320 | £1037440 | £596486 | 13 |  |
| March 31, 2022 | £935877 | £1002405 | £770597 | 13 |  |
| March 31, 2021 | £867390 | £887484 | £837125 | 12 |  |




## Trustees

| Name | Role | 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 Eccleshare |  |  |
| NICHOLAS DAVID FORSTER |  | April 4, 2011 |
| Sayra Tekin |  | March 12, 2025 |