Registered charity · Oxford
The Oxford and District Talking News
- 10 trustees
- Income £286 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Margaret Ann Simpson MBEChair
- Bridget Claire DooleTrustee · since 2014
- Diana Joan ShawTrustee
- Guy Roger LawfullTrustee · since 2019
- Hilary Christine BeatonTrustee · since 2012
- Lesley CourtTrustee
- Michelle LawfullTrustee · since 2019
- Miss Mandy WoodTrustee
- Peter West BScTrustee · since 2016
- Simon Nicholas Garrood BATrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- www.oxtalk.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£286£442
- 2024£447£2k
- 2023£881£600
Earlier years
- 2022£370£3k
- 2021£4k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE BLIND AND THE PARTIALLY BLIND OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN BY THE PROVISION IN THE CITY OF OXFORD OF RECORDED TAPES WITH 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
- Margaret Ann Simpson MBE Chair
- Bridget Claire Doole since 2014
- Diana Joan Shaw
- Guy Roger Lawfull since 2019
- Hilary Christine Beaton since 2012
- Lesley Court
- Miss Mandy Wood
- Michelle Lawfull since 2019
- Peter West BSc since 2016
- Simon Nicholas Garrood BA since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Bridget Claire Doole since 2014
- Guy Roger Lawfull since 2019
- Hilary Christine Beaton since 2012
- Michelle Lawfull since 2019
- Peter West BSc since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Bridget Claire Doole since 2014
- Diana Joan Shaw
- Hilary Christine Beaton since 2012
- Lesley Court
- Michelle Lawfull since 2019
- Peter West BSc since 2016
- Simon Nicholas Garrood BA since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Margaret Ann Simpson MBE Chair
- Guy Roger Lawfull since 2019
- Miss Mandy Wood
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
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
- 279141
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES ADOPTED 21/01/1986AS AMENDED ON 28/10/2010AS AMENDED ON 04 FEB 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01865453403 · mail@oxtalk.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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