# THE OXFORD AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 279141
- **Other names:** THE OXFORD AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER, OXTALK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 28, 1986
- **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=279141


## Contact

- **Address:** 11 NORTH WAY, HEADINGTON, OXFORD
- **Postcode:** OX3 9ES
- **Phone:** 01865453403
- **Email:** mail@oxtalk.org.uk
- **Website:** www.oxtalk.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE BLIND AND THE PARTIALLY BLIND OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN BY THE PROVISION IN THE CITY OF OXFORD OF RECORDED TAPES WITH NEWS AND INFORMATION.

**Activities:** Production of a weekly local news audio service for blind and partially sighted people in Oxford and the surrounding area.

**Area of benefit:** OXFORD AND DISTRICT




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Oxfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £286 | £442 | — | — |
| July 31, 2024 | £447 | £1797 | — | — |
| July 31, 2023 | £881 | £600 | — | — |
| July 31, 2022 | £370 | £3180 | — | — |
| July 31, 2021 | £3788 | £4251 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Margaret Ann Simpson MBE** (Chair)
- BRIDGET CLAIRE DOOLE — appointed Oct. 24, 2014
- DIANA JOAN SHAW
- Guy Roger Lawfull — appointed June 27, 2019
- HILARY CHRISTINE BEATON — appointed Jan. 21, 2012
- LESLEY COURT
- MISS MANDY WOOD
- Michelle Lawfull — appointed June 27, 2019
- Peter West BSc — appointed Nov. 7, 2016
- Simon Nicholas Garrood BA — appointed Jan. 28, 2026