Registered charity · Reading
Reading's Talking News
- 10 trustees
- Income £3k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Robert Bristow Vice ChairChair
- Geraldine LuckhurstTrustee · since 2020
- Ian David Brant TreasurerTrustee · since 2025
- Jane Howard GriffithsTrustee · since 2021
- Margaret Patricia Ridsdale-SmithTrustee · since 2024
- Pamela Downing ChairTrustee · since 2001
- Rita Mary HicksTrustee · since 2020
- Stephen LuckhurstTrustee · since 2018
- Timothy Graham Maccawley SecretaryTrustee · since 2024
- Unis ShaikhTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Reading
- Website
- readingtalkingnewspaper.agcc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1976
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3k£1k
- 2024£2k£945
- 2023£1k£775
Earlier years
- 2022£1k£3k
- 2021£2k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR THE PARTIALLY BLIND OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES OR NEWS AND INFORMATION.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Robert Bristow Vice Chair Chair
- Geraldine Luckhurst since 2020
- Ian David Brant Treasurer since 2025
- Jane Howard Griffiths since 2021
- Margaret Patricia Ridsdale-Smith since 2024
- Pamela Downing Chair since 2001
- Rita Mary Hicks since 2020
- Stephen Luckhurst since 2018
- Timothy Graham Maccawley Secretary since 2024
- Unis Shaikh since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Geraldine Luckhurst since 2020
- Pamela Downing Chair since 2001
- Rita Mary Hicks since 2020
- Stephen Luckhurst since 2018
- Unis Shaikh since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Robert Bristow Vice Chair Chair
- Geraldine Luckhurst since 2020
- Ian David Brant Treasurer since 2025
- Jane Howard Griffiths since 2021
- Margaret Patricia Ridsdale-Smith since 2024
- Pamela Downing Chair since 2001
- Rita Mary Hicks since 2020
- Stephen Luckhurst since 2018
- Timothy Graham Maccawley Secretary since 2024
- Unis Shaikh since 2013
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 271880
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 28TH JULY 1976
- Contact on the register
- 01189582056 · bobbristow.bikes@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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