Listening Books

Registered charity 264221 Registered since 1972

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

10.3y median 8y

average tenure

29y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

13.5y

average years in governance

7 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 7General Charitable Purposes 7

Commercial experience

Arts and leisure 6Education 2Manufacturing 1

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Contact

Website	www.listening-books.org.uk
Email	info@listening-books.org.uk
Phone	02074079417
Address	Canopi, 82 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3GN

Finances

£1,113,056 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£867,313	£887,484
2022	£895,706	£1,002,405
2023	£877,320	£1,037,440
2024	£1,068,544	£1,146,237
2025	£1,113,056	£1,224,689

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE DISABILITY OR INCAPACITY, WHETHER PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY, ARISING FROM ANY SICKNESS, INJURY OR OTHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITION, IN PARTICULAR, BY THE PROVISION OF AN AUDIO BOOK LIBRARY SERVICE INCLUDING RECORDED LITERATURE AND OTHER MATERIAL, TOGETHER WITH EQUIPMENT FOR THE REPRODUCTION OF SUCH LITERATURE OR OTHER MATERIAL, INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM SUCH CONDITIONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/05/1972AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/01/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/03/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/06/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/04/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/06/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/07/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/10/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30/01/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/05/2014

Trustees (7)

7trustees

55median age

2aged 70+

Gillian Martha Howarthage 81 Chair since 1997
Charlotte Bainbridgeage 51 since 2025
David Owen O' Neill since 2011
Helen Rosalind Miriam Grantage 27 since 2025
Julia Jessica Hammondage 74
Nicholas David Forsterage 58 since 2011
Sayra Tekinage 38 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Listening Books · 01056004 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 26/05/1972

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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