Registered charity · Andover
Andover Talking Newspaper Association
Andover Talking Newspaper Association is a registered charity (number 284296) based in Andover, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Sir Frederick Viggers since 2023. Latest income £40k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Talking Newspaper for the Blind (Andover) (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £40k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Hampshire
- Registered
- 1982
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£40k£2k
- 2024£10k£1k
- 2023£2k£782
Earlier years
- 2022£478£552
- 2021£202£1k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE BLIND OR THE PARTIALLY-SIGHTED OR THOSE LABOURING UNDER SOME TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT INCAPACITY OR DISABILITY WHICH MAKES READING A STRAIN BY PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Sir Frederick Viggers Chair since 2023
- Heather Ball since 2019
- John Gray since 2022
- Michael Shellard CBE since 2014
- Sandra Hawke since 2022
- Susan Parker since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Heather Ball since 2019
- Michael Shellard CBE since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Sir Frederick Viggers Chair since 2023
- Heather Ball since 2019
- John Gray since 2022
- Michael Shellard CBE since 2014
- Sandra Hawke since 2022
- Susan Parker since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 284296
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12 NOVEMBER 1979
- Contact on the register
- 01264 353761 · k_lark@yahoo.co.uk
- 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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