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Banbury Talking Newspaper Association

Banbury Talking Newspaper, Banbury Talking Newspaper - Papertalk

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
280418
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Sept. 20, 2026. Filing history
Registered
July 7, 1980
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
Banbury Talking Newspaper
Royal Voluntary Service
Castle Street
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 5NT

Activities

Recording and distributing news from local newspapers and items of general interest to those who have a disability which prevents them from reading written text for themselves. This is mainly in Banbury and the surrounding Oxfordshire district, but we have listeners in Northants, Warwickshire and further afield where ex Banbury residents have requested.

Objects: To Relieve The Blind Or The Partially Sighted Or Those Labouring Under Some Temporary Or Permanent Incapacity Or Disability Which Makes Reading A Strain By The Provision Of Recorded Tapes.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Disability
Who
Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities

Geography

Area of benefit
Oxfordshire
Local Authority
Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
May 31, 2026 Sept. 20, 2026On time £648 £898
May 31, 2025 Dec. 14, 2025On time £2,160 £3,350
May 31, 2024 Sept. 12, 2024On time £1,885 £937
May 31, 2023 June 3, 202464 days late £168 £679
May 31, 2022 Feb. 13, 2023On time £3,012 £879
May 31, 2021 March 23, 2022 £3,646 £3,012

Trustees

Name Appointed
Avis Vannessa Gallager Chair (Chair) June 28, 2023
Alison Deya Aydin July 14, 2025
William Timothy Boddington June 28, 2023