Registered charity 1210521

Oswestry Talking News

What it does

Providing spoken local news and relevant items of interest from national sources for the visually impaired and making it available to people with other disabilities which make reading difficult.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

THE RELIEF OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS OR SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF READING MATERIALS IN AUDIO OR OTHER APPROPRIATE DIGITAL FORMATS.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Disability
Who it helps: Disabled people
How it works: Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Shropshire

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £0 and spent £0.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 30 June 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

7 trustees run the charity.

Bethan CrossAppointed 17 October 2024
Christine KendallAppointed 9 October 2024
Eric Roy EvansAppointed 9 October 2024
Gwyneth CliffeAppointed 9 October 2024
Heather Jane NobleAppointed 10 September 2025
Josef LloydAppointed 10 September 2025
Margaret Sarah KynastonAppointed 9 October 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
30 June 2025	30 April 2026	Received 15 April 2026, 15 days early	Received 15 April 2026

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1210521
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 17 October 2024
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 17 Oct 2024
Website: www.oswestrytn.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Powys

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

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Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

30 June 2025

30 April 2026

Received 15 April 2026, 15 days early

Received 15 April 2026