# THE WEST SHROPSHIRE TALKING NEWSPAPER

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 504996
- **Other names:** THE SHROPSHIRE TALKING NEWSPAPER FOR THE BLIND, THE WEST SHROPSHIRE TALKING NEWSPAPER FOR THE BLIND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 15, 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=504996


## Contact

- **Address:** The Roy Fletcher Centre, Cross Hill, SHREWSBURY
- **Postcode:** SY1 1JE
- **Phone:** 01743364726
- **Email:** wstn@btconnect.com
- **Website:** www.wstn.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS AS DEFINED BY THE COPYRIGHT (VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON) ACT 2002 AND TO THOSE PERSONS AFFECTED BY SOME OTHER INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY THAT MAKES READING A STRAIN OR IMPOSSIBILITY, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED NEWS AND INFORMATION.(FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSTITUTION

**Activities:** To provide a weekly talking newspaper and a monthly talking magazine service on  USB microstick.web site and internet radio, to app 300 blind or partially sighted in the West Shropshire area. Our newspaper and magazine last up to 90 miniutes

**Area of benefit:** SHROPSHIRE




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Shropshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3949 | £10065 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £4748 | £9667 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £7474 | £9239 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £5634 | £8242 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £4383 | £9530 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Winifred Mary Pascoe** (Chair) — appointed May 19, 2014
- Alan John Copplestone — appointed May 17, 2021
- Christopher John Lemon — appointed May 17, 2021
- Dr Stephen Leigh Bristow — appointed May 20, 2019
- Gwendoline Mary Cox — appointed May 16, 2022
- LINDSAY ROWLANDS
- Lieselotte Clark — appointed June 3, 2024
- MICHAEL PETER WALLER — appointed May 19, 2014
- PAUL EDWARD MAYNARD PASCOE
- STEPHEN RENNIE STEWART