Registered charity · Worcs
Vale Talking News
Vale Talking News is a registered charity (number 510219) based in Worcs, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Will Saunders since 2021. Latest income £1k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £1k (2026)
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Who leads it
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
- Worcestershire
- Website
- www.valetalkingnews.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£1k£2k
- 2025£562£1k
- 2024£1k£3k
Earlier years
- 2023£2k£3k
- 2022£1k£739
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS 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 THE PROVISION OF RECORDED TAPES OR TACTILE READING MATTER. PLEASE SEE CONSTITUTION FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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
- Will Saunders Chair since 2021
- Alex Christison since 2026
- Lesley Saunders since 2021
- Miss Ann Linehan
- Miss Marian Bearcroft
- Mr Christopher Warren
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Will Saunders Chair since 2021
- Lesley Saunders since 2021
- Miss Ann Linehan
- Miss Marian Bearcroft
- Mr Christopher Warren
Portfolio (1)
- Alex Christison since 2026
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 510219
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12/05/1980AS AMENDED ON 31/07/1980AS AMENDED ON 13/09/2004AS AMENDED ON 12/05/2011AS AMENDED ON 10/05/2012 as amended on 11 Apr 2022 as amended on 11 Apr 2022 as amended on 04 Jun 2024
- Contact on the register
- 0300 102 2468 · Info@valetalkingnews.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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