Bishop's Stortford & District Talking Newspaper
Registered charity 278725 Registered since 1979
Operates: Essex, Hertfordshire
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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.
7 trustees on the board
- Andrew George Noble Chair since 2025
- DR Brian Unitt since 2007
- Margaret Jane Middlemiss since 2025
- Rodney Ernest Stock since 2003
- Richard Barnett since 2002
- Roger Hill since 2025
- Tracey Taylor since 2017
11.1y median 9y
average tenure
24y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- DR Brian Unitt since 2007
- Rodney Ernest Stock since 2003
- Richard Barnett since 2002
- Tracey Taylor since 2017
12.1y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Andrew George Noble Chair since 2025
- Margaret Jane Middlemiss since 2025
- Richard Barnett since 2002
- Roger Hill since 2025
- Tracey Taylor since 2017
Portfolio (2)
- DR Brian Unitt since 2007
- Rodney Ernest Stock since 2003
1
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Disability 6General Charitable Purposes 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 1Property 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
incomespending£1k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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
- Bishop's Stortford Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
- Rotary Club of Bishop's Stortford 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- The Tottenham and Edmonton General Dispensary Fund (1990) Similar size; both Disability
- DR Bassey Kubiangha Education Trust Similar size; both Disability
- Parents and Friends of Montacute School Similar size; both Disability
- DAY of Sunshine (UK) LTD Similar size; both Disability
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.bstalkingnewspaper.co.uk |
| info@bstalkingnewspaper.co.uk | |
| Phone | 01279651270 |
| Address | 24 CHANTRY CLOSE, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 2SN |
Finances
£865 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | £443 | £1,007 |
| 2023 | £770 | £593 |
| 2024 | £922 | £754 |
| 2025 | £1,097 | £753 |
| 2026 | £865 | £729 |
What it does
What
DisabilityWho
Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesHow
Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationCharitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR PARTIALLY OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPRARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN, BY THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES.
Governing document: RULES ADOPTED 20/09/1979AS AMENDED ON 19/05/1999AS AMENDED ON 16/05/2014
Trustees (7)
7trustees
81median age
1aged 70+
- Andrew George Noble Chair since 2025
- DR Brian Unitt since 2007
- Margaret Jane Middlemiss since 2025
- Rodney Ernest Stockage band 80-84 since 2003
- Richard Barnett since 2002
- Roger Hill since 2025
- Tracey Taylor since 2017
Connected charities (2)
- Rotary Club of Bishop's Stortford 1 shared trustee
- Bishop's Stortford Methodist Church 1 shared trustee
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