Carmarthen and District Talking Newspaper

Talking Newspaper for the Blind or Partially Blind, or those individuals under some temporary or Permanent incapacity or Disability which makes reading a strain, by the provision of bilingual (Welsh and English) pre-recorded DVDs

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

In Wales

• Carmarthenshire

Area of benefit in its governing document: Carmarthen District

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 June 2026, it had income of £222,768 and spent £11,152.

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.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 5,871%, from £3,731 in the year to 30 June 2022 to £222,768 in the year to 30 June 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 5% of its income in the year to 30 June 2026. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

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.

6 trustees run the charity.

• Linda JonesChairAppointed 2 April 2015
• David Thomas
• Edward Haydn DaviesAppointed 8 October 2025
• Nelda DaviesAppointed 2 April 2015
• Rhian Mair Evans
• Sylvia Glenys DaviesAppointed 8 October 2025

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

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

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.

Charity number

505711

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

22 November 1976

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED NOVEMBER 4 1976

Council area of its contact address

Carmarthenshire

• 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.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Carmarthenshire Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Carmarthenshire's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Sir Gaerfyrddin