Registered charity · Kent
Voice of the Listener & Viewer
Voice of the Listener & Viewer is a registered charity (number 1152136) based in Kent, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Colin Browne since 2013. Latest income £89k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as VLV (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £89k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Colin BrowneChair · since 2013
- Allan JackTrustee · since 2023
- Andrew BoardTrustee · since 2022
- Catherine Freda DixonTrustee · since 2024
- Helen JayTrustee · since 2024
- Hesham SabryTrustee · since 2024
- Mary DixonTrustee · since 2014
- Peter Stanley GordonTrustee · since 2016
- Professor Catherine JohnsonTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Sylvia Margaret HarveyTrustee · since 2020
- Toni CharltonTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.vlv.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Voice of the Listener & Viewer
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£89k£87k
- 2024£93k£107k
- 2023£115k£115k
Earlier years
- 2022£103k£96k
- 2021£55k£60k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED: (A) FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL THE FORMS AND ASPECTS OF BROADCASTING, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: (I) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF BROADCASTING IN ALL ITS ASPECTS AND PARTICULARLY ITS SUBJECT MATTER, ITS ROLE IN SOCIETY AND ITS TECHNIQUES;(II) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF BROADCASTING AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND (B) FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH MANNER AS IS CHARITABLE BY PROMOTING THE CONTINUANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF HIGH STANDARDS IN BROADCASTING, BOTH TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Grants received
2 grants · £252,920 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust · £252,920 (2 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Colin Browne Chair since 2013
- Allan Jack since 2023
- Andrew Board since 2022
- Catherine Freda Dixon since 2024
- Helen Jay since 2024
- Hesham Sabry since 2024
- Mary Dixon since 2014
- Peter Stanley Gordon since 2016
- Professor Catherine Johnson since 2024
- Professor Sylvia Margaret Harvey since 2020
- Toni Charlton since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Colin Browne Chair since 2013
- Mary Dixon since 2014
- Peter Stanley Gordon since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Colin Browne Chair since 2013
- Allan Jack since 2023
- Andrew Board since 2022
- Catherine Freda Dixon since 2024
- Helen Jay since 2024
- Hesham Sabry since 2024
- Mary Dixon since 2014
- Peter Stanley Gordon since 2016
- Professor Catherine Johnson since 2024
- Professor Sylvia Margaret Harvey since 2020
- Toni Charlton since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1152136
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/04/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/02/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 04407712 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01474526250 · info@vlv.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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