# WELWYN HATFIELD TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 280003
- **Other names:** WHATNEWS, WHATNEWS!
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 2, 1980
- **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=280003


## Contact

- **Address:** 5 Cubitts Close, WELWYN
- **Postcode:** AL6 0DZ
- **Phone:** 07710177271
- **Email:** info@whatnews.org.uk
- **Website:** www.whatnews.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE BLIND, OR THE PARTIALLY BLIND, OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES.

**Activities:** A charity organisation that record selected extracts from the Welwyn & Hatfield Times on to CD for blind, partially sighted people, and those who have difficulty in reading due to temporary or permanent incapacity.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Hertfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1951 | £758 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £1888 | £2789 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £753 | £601 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £81 | £1503 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £6 | £382 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew John Barker — appointed Aug. 10, 2020
- Barbara Joan Toms — appointed Jan. 21, 2026
- Robert Handscomb — appointed May 26, 2016