# READING'S TALKING NEWS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 271880
- **Other names:** READING TALKING NEWS, READING'S TALKING NEWSPAPER, READING'S TALKING NEWSPAPER FOR THE BLIND, READINGS TALKING NEWSPAPER FOR THE BLIND, RTN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 24, 1976
- **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=271880


## Contact

- **Address:** 65 ALPINE STREET, READING
- **Postcode:** RG1 2PY
- **Phone:** 01189582056
- **Email:** bobbristow.bikes@gmail.com
- **Website:** readingtalkingnewspaper.agcc.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** Bringing local news and activities to blind and partially sighted people




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Reading



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | £2739 | £1116 | — | — |
| May 31, 2024 | £1546 | £945 | — | — |
| May 31, 2023 | £1410 | £775 | — | — |
| May 31, 2022 | £1362 | £3101 | — | — |
| May 31, 2021 | £2065 | £1636 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ROBERT BRISTOW Vice Chair** (Chair)
- Geraldine Luckhurst — appointed May 31, 2020
- Ian David Brant Treasurer — appointed July 8, 2025
- Jane Howard Griffiths — appointed July 13, 2021
- Margaret Patricia Ridsdale-Smith — appointed July 20, 2024
- PAMELA DOWNING Chair — appointed Sept. 23, 2001
- Rita Mary Hicks — appointed May 31, 2020
- Stephen Luckhurst — appointed Jan. 7, 2018
- Timothy Graham MacCawley Secretary — appointed July 20, 2024
- Unis Shaikh — appointed Oct. 16, 2013