The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Wharfedale Talking News

Registered charity 1028525 Registered since 1993

Operates: Leeds City, North Yorkshire, Bradford City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5.4y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1Transport 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£10k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://otleytalkingnews.org.uk
Emailjbarker5@sky.com
Phone01943461401
Address6 St. Martin's Avenue, OTLEY, West Yorkshire, LS21 2AN

Finances

£9,951 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£297£670
2022£318£2,683
2023£318£2,683
2024£597£2,798
2025£9,951£3,073

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED, OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES OR TACTILE READING MATTER

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13 OCTOBER 1993 as amended on 18 Oct 2024 as amended on 18 Oct 2024

Trustees (9)

9trustees
71median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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