The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Darlington and District Talking Newspaper Association

Registered charity 1188452 CIO Registered since 2020

Operates: Darlington

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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.

10 trustees on the board

5.4y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£9k 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

Websitehttp://darlingtontalkingnewspaper.uk
Emaildtnewspaper@outlook.com
Phone01325465101
Address1D Birch House, 80 Eastmount Road, Darlington, DL1 1LA

Finances

£8,707 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,352£7,374
2022£3,310£4,718
2023£5,325£7,353
2024£4,578£6,368
2025£8,707£2,499

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE LIVING IN DARLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR WHO HAVE ANOTHER DISABILITY OR ILLNESS WHICH PREVENTS THEM FROM READING PRINTED MATERIAL BY THE PROVISION OF A FREE NEWS AND INFORMATION SERVICE.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 10 Mar 2020 as amended on 13 May 2021

Trustees (10)

10trustees
66median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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